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Oct 15, The American sweet gum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua, USDA plant hardiness zones ) is just one spiky nut tree you might find in the neighborhood. Other trees that drop spiny balls are the. Jul 09, Q: I have two big hickory trees in my front yard. One is incredibly messy, with four wheelbarrows full of nuts dropping on the street and driveway so far this year. The other hickory seems to not drop anything. Is there anything I can do to relieve the.

May 18, In another blog, professional forester and natural resource consultant Steve Nix wrote that other nut bearing trees, including walnuts and pecans, drop their fruit before full maturity. “Sometimes it can be a natural trees that drop nuts of a portion of the nut crop” Nix treedelimbing.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Sep 28, American chestnut (Castanea dentata) used to be one of the most widespread native trees in North America, but a fungus blight wiped out most of them. Chinese chestnut (C.

mollissima) or hybrids between the two species are more likely to be found nowadays. The leaves are oval-shape with serrated edges. Fall color is yellow or bronze. My mature black walnut tree has been dropping its nuts since about the last week of June or first week of July.

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They are only about the size and shape of hickory nuts--clearly not mature. Last year the tree and nuts were just fine. Tomatoes, potatoes, apples, pears, berries, and some landscape plants such as rhododendrons, azaleas, and lilacs may be killed or stunted if grown in close proximity to black walnut roots or within the tree’s drip line (i.e., under the tree’s canopy).

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