Lake English Walnut Tree
Description
Nuttier flavor than supermarket walnuts. Attractive, stately tree provides cooling shade in summer months followed by crops of tasty Persian-type walnuts in the fall. Nuts fall free of husk when ripe. Thin shells crack easily. Bears in 4-5 years. Matures to be 30-40' tall. Heat-tolerant. Ripens in early October. Grafted. Self-pollinating, but you’ll get bigger harvests if pollinated with Stark® Champion™ English walnut. (Juglans regia)
Characteristics
| Bloom Color | Green, Yellow |
| Distance To Pollinator | 75 - 250' |
| Fruit Color | Brown |
| Fruit Size | Medium - Large |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 5 - 9 |
| Pollination | Self-Pollinating |
| Ripens/Harvest | Early October |
| Shade/Sun | Full Sun |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Soil pH Level | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Texture | Crunchy |
| Years to Bear | 4 - 5 |
Zone Compatibility
This Variety's Zone Range
5 - 9
My Hardiness Zone
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The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatibility range of this variety before ordering.
Pollination
This variety is self pollinating.
In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. Plant one of these varieties within 75 - 250' for best results.
Tools & Supplies
Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.
Planting & Care
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Customer Reviews
20 Ratings
1-10 of 20 Reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
Mar 8, 2019
Twenty Year Old Tree
I bought this tree roughly 20 years ago from Stark Bro's. It grew quickly and started producing nuts after just 3 or 4 years. The nuts are very delicious and it is a heavy producer. We get several bushels of nuts every year, enough to last us all year. It is a beautiful tree. It is currently about 40 feet tall and has a wide spread which has required some pruning to keep it out of the neighbors yard. I have had no pest issues other than walnut husk flies which are easily managed with a July spraying. We do not have a pollinator nearby and yet it produces heavily.
Rated 5 out of 5
May 12, 2017
Great Sapling Care
I purchased my walnut last year - it took off right away with full leaf development and bounced right back again this spring after a late harsh winter season. Great care is taken into account with the stock and it shows ! Thank you.
Rated 5 out of 5
Apr 29, 2017
Lake English Walnut planted 2011
I wish I had room for more of these! I chose it because of the self-pollinating feature. Since I planted it in Spring of 2011 this has grown to about fourteen feet high. I allowed plenty of room away from the neighbor's fence and other plantings on our property, because this will be a large and spreading tree. In our area of Ohio we have moderate PH soil with some heavy clay, with occasional rain runoff from neighboring fields causing standing water for brief periods, but has tolerated that well. Our yard gets some damaging winds, and so I staked the young tree. It produced several tasty walnuts last fall, and I am expecting it will produce much more this year. I like to bake, and I like English Walnuts particularly, even adding them to cooked buttered green beans, and topping salads with them. I like to plant things that will feed future caretakers of our property. The Lake English Walnut has grown to be such a handsome young tree.
Rated 5 out of 5
Dec 30, 2016
Lake English Walnut
This tree is doing quite well in our landscape. Looking forward to the tree producing a lot of fruit in the coming years.
Rated 5 out of 5
Oct 1, 2016
Status after 1 year.
I've bought and planted my walnut last fall. It was about 2.5 ft height. This year it added 3+ ft. So far I am very happy with it.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 19, 2016
Lake English Walnut
so far so good it's growing and made it through rough chicago winter.
Rated 5 out of 5
May 7, 2016
It has lived
It has lived and growing, slow growing, tendency to die back a bit during some spring frosty mornings.
Rated 4 out of 5
May 7, 2018
Too early to rate the young trees
About 18 years ago I ordered 2 Carpathian trees which were planted near to one another as recommended. No nuts yet. Last year I researched and discovered there are two types of nut trees with different blossoming seasons. Therefore, the trees can't produce without a proper pollinator variety. The Lake English Walnut should make the older trees produce in a few years. Same for two Pecan trees and 10 sweet cherries planted back then. Hopefully, I will live long enough to see a harvest.
Rated 4 out of 5
May 9, 2017
Walnut trees are not budding out
We have been disappointed so far with our Walnut trees, we ordered two. We have watched them closely, cared and watered them but they are not leafing out yet. Everything else is coming along except for a filbert and plum tree we had to replace. Hoping that they are just late bloomers and they will still come out. Stark Brothers Nursery has been very good to work with us and I would certainly recommend them to anyone, they are fair and helpful in all things.
Rated 4 out of 5
Aug 14, 2016
grows better than the maple that it replaced.
This tree was a replacement for a 15 year old maple tha didn't grow in North Carolina. The walnut seems to be growing better but it has only been in the ground for 2 years. Too early for any nuts, so I will reserve my opinion for now. Duane
This should be a good walnut for Kentucky. Been waiting for a year for them to be available.
love english walnuts I am from Calif. had them a lot growing up
I love walnuts and have fond memories of my grandmother's walnut tree before she passed away. This particular Lake English Walnut had fewer years to maturity compared to the Champion Walnut and is…
I chose this item because it is self-pollinating