Juglans cinerea ?Bountiful?

Bountiful Butternut

Juglans cinerea ‘Bountiful’
Stark® Bountiful™ Butternut / Bountiful White Walnut

Juglans cinerea ‘Bountiful’ is a deciduous nut tree and selected cultivar of the native American butternut, also called white walnut. It produces compound green foliage, an open rounded crown, and clusters of elongated green-husked nuts with rich, mild, buttery kernels. Stark Bro’s describes Bountiful™ as a true American butternut discovered as a chance seedling in Missouri and selected for heavy crops of easier-to-shell nuts, often in clusters of five or more.

Type: Deciduous nut tree
Mature Size: 40–50 ft. wide × 40–60 ft. tall
USDA Zones: 5a–8b; best in cooler temperate climates
Form: Medium-sized shade / nut tree with an open, rounded to spreading crown
Light: Full sun
Soil / Water: Deep, fertile, moist but well-drained soil; moderate water, especially during establishment and nut development
Bloom Time / Length: Spring; separate male catkins and female flowers, not showy
Wildlife: Nuts are eaten by squirrels, chipmunks, and other small mammals; tree provides cover and habitat. Flowers are wind-pollinated rather than showy for bees or butterflies.

Features & Landscape Uses:
Useful for edible landscapes, nut orchards, wildlife plantings, large yards, native plantings, and shade where there is enough space. Butternut is valued for sweet, oily nuts used fresh, in baking, and in candies. The species is native to the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, but it has declined in many areas because of butternut canker disease. NC State lists butternut as a small to medium shade tree usually reaching 40–60 ft. tall and wide, with an open, rounded, spreading crown.

Care:
Plant in full sun with deep, well-drained soil and plenty of room. Water regularly while young. Avoid compacted, poorly drained, or very dry soils. Butternuts dislike root disturbance, so plant them where they can remain long-term. Monitor for butternut canker, walnut anthracnose / leaf blotch, caterpillars, borers, and walnut husk fly. Like walnuts, butternut produces juglone, so avoid planting sensitive plants close to the root zone.

Plant type

Nut Tree

Height

40-60'

Width

40-50'

Hardiness zones

5–8

Sunlight

Full Sun

Growth rate

Slow

Leaf color

Green

Fall color

Yellow

Attracts

Bees, Butterflies

Soil

Moist well-drained, Rich

Landscape use

Nuts, Provide Shade

Shape

Open Canopy, Rounded

Drought tolerant

No