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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Thank you.

I was thinking only vegetables. I hadn't thought about other trees.  
Now I am wondering if that is why an apple tree failed; it was close  
to a large black walnut.

On Jun 8, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Lynda wrote:

> I asked DH (landscaper) about this and he said that it is  
> recommended that
> no part of the black walnut tree, and to a lesser degree the English  
> and
> Persian walnut trees, be used in compost to be used on certain  
> plants.  They
> are:  apple, azalea, white birch, blackberry, blueberry,  
> chrysanthemum,
> autumn crocus, forget-me-not, grapes, mountain laurel, peony, pine,
> potatoes, rhodies, thyme and tomatoes.
>
> Some plants are definately tolerant of a mulch/compost with the  
> catkins in
> it:
>
> Trees/shrubs that are "tolerant" are:  arborvitae, white ash,  
> barberry,
> American beech, black birch, boxelder, buckeye, catalpa, black cherry,
> crabapple, daphne, flowering dogwood, elderberry, American elm,  
> forsythia,
> fringetree, goldenrain tree, globeflower, black gum, hawthorn,  
> Canadian
> hemlock, biviscus, hickory, American holly, honeylocust, honeysuckle,
> hydrangea, lilac, black locust, sugar/red/black/Japanese maple,  
> ninebark,
> red/white/scarlet oak, pawpaw, callery pear, Virginia pine, privet,  
> eastern
> red cedar, eastern redbud, sassafrass, serviceberry, Carolina  
> silverbell,
> Norway spruce, sumac, sweetgum, sycamore, tulip tree, viburnums and
> witchhazel.
>
> Flowers/groundcovers that are "tolerant":  anemone, aster, astilbe,  
> bee
> balm, begonia, bittersweet, calendula, clemantis, coral bells,  
> Virginia
> creeper, daffodill, shasta daisy, daylily, evening primrose, fern  
> (some
> types), hardy geraniums, goldenrod, wild grape, hollyhock, hosta,
> grape/oreintal hyacinth, siberian iris, ironweed, jack-in-the-pulpi,  
> lamb's
> ear, liriope, lobelia, may apple, morning glory, mullein, phlox,  
> primrose,
> black raspberry, wild rose, rudbeckia, scilla, sedum, speedwell,  
> spiderwort,
> St. John's wort, sunflower, trillium, tulip, violet, wisteria and  
> yarrow.