Tammy SonsFounder/CEO, TN Nursery · CEO TN Nursery

Growing black walnut trees #tnnursery #garden #gardening #nativeplants #plants #farming

31 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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In this short Tia Nursery video, Bailey introduces black walnut trees as an excellent addition to a homestead. He notes that the trees are leafing out unusually early this spring, typically a late‑April event, indicating vigorous growth. Bailey highlights the trees' rapid development—reaching 10–12 feet in just two years—and their multiple benefits: fast shade, a sturdy porch‑swing tree, and abundant nut production for food. He also shares an ecological tidbit, explaining that Luna moth caterpillars lay their eggs on black walnuts and create cocoons there, making the trees a preferred host. The segment ends with a promotional call‑to‑action, offering a buy‑one‑get‑one‑free deal on black walnut trees at TN Nursery.

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Hey everyone, it's Bailey with Tia Nursery, and it's becoming spring here and our black walnuts is showing it. Black walnuts is pretty late to leaf out. They don't leaf out to nearly— let's see here— mid-April, and they're leafing out already. And black walnuts is a really good tree if you have a homestead. Uh, they are a really good tree to have on your homestead because they put off so much uh, fruit, nuts, and, uh, you can't go wrong with having them on your homestead. Now these trees grow really, really quickly. Now some of these trees is probably 10 foot tall, some of them maybe even 12 foot tall, and, uh, they are just like 2 years old. So if you want a fast growing tree that will give you beautiful shade, a good porch swing tree, a good food-providing tree, this is the tree for you. They get really tall really quick and they produce nuts really quick too. And I went through here a while ago and got all of the Luna Moth, uh, caterpillar, uh, well, give me a second, I forgot. Luna Moth caterpillar, uh, cocoons off these because we're going to dig these right here. The Luna moth caterpillars lay their eggs on, uh, black walnuts. And they lay their eggs on the black walnuts because they really, really enjoy the black walnuts. Now they can raise on several different types of trees, but black walnuts is their pick. And I'll show you a picture of them cocoons in just a minute. But shop now at TN Nursery, we have these beautiful trees, buy one get one free.