"Sis" wrote in message ...
I have a partly wooded backyard with many Black Walnut trees. Many
plants,trees and shrubs won't survive when grown close to them Does any kind
person have experience in growing anything near them?One of the things I
want to plant are hemlock trees nearby. Can anyone give me some advice on
that and/or other trees/shrubs? Thanks. S.

Taken from Ohio State University Extension web page
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1148.html

Plants Observed Growing Under or Near Black Walnut*
Trees

* Japanese Maples, Acer palmatum and its cultivars
* Southern Catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides
* Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis
* Canadian Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis

Vines and Shrubs

* Clematis 'Red Cardinal'
* February Daphne, Daphne mezereum
* Euonymus species
* Weeping Forsythia, Forsythia suspensa
* Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus
* Tartarian Honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, and most other
Lonicera species
* Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia
* ** Pinxterbloom, Rhododendron periclymenoides
* **'Gibraltar' and 'Balzac', Rhododendron Exbury hybrids
* Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora
* Black Raspberry, Rubus occidentalis
* Arborvitaes, Thuja species
* ** Koreanspice Viburnum, Viburnum carlesii, and most other Viburnum
species

Annuals

* Pot-marigold, Calendula officinalis 'Nonstop'
* Begonia, fibrous cultivars
* Morning Glory, Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue'
* Pansy Viola
* Zinnia species

Vegetables

* Squashes, Melons, Beans, Carrots, Corn

Fruit Trees

* Peach, Nectarine, Cherry, Plum
* Prunus species Pear-Pyrus species

Herbaceous Perennials

* Bugleweed, Ajuga reptans
* Hollyhock, Alcea rosea
* American Wood Anemone, Anemone quinquefolia
* Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum
* European Wild Ginger, Asarum europaeum
* Astilbe species
* Bellflower, Campanula latifolia
* **Chrysanthemum species (some)
* Glory-of-the-Snow, Chionodoxa luciliae
* Spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica
* Crocus species
* Dutchman's Breeches, Dicentra cucullaria
* Leopard's-Bane, Doronicum species
* Crested Wood Fern, Dryopteris cristata
* Spanish Bluebell, Endymion hispanicus
* Winter Aconite, Eranthis hyemalis
* Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis
* Sweet Woodruff, Galium odoratum
* Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum
* Cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum
* Grasses (most) Gramineae family
* Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus
* Common Daylily, Hemerocallis 'Pluie de Feu'
* Coral Bells, Heuchera x brizoides
* Orange Hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum
* Plantain-lily, Hosta fortunei 'Glauca'
* Hosta lancifolia
* Hosta marginata
* Hosta undulata 'Variegata'
* Common Hyacinth, Hyacinthus Orientalis 'City of Haarlem'
* Virginia Waterleaf, Hydrophyllum virginianum
* Siberian Iris, Iris sibirica
* Balm, Monarda didyma
* Wild Bergamot, M. fistulosa
* Grape Hyacinth, Muscari botryoides
* Sweet Cicely, Myrrhis odorata 'Yellow Cheerfulness,' 'Geranium,'
'Tete a Tete,' 'Sundial,' and 'February Gold'
* Sundrops, Oenothera fruticosa
* Senstitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis
* Cinnamon Fern, Osmunda cinnamomea
* Peony, **Paeonia species (some)
* Summer Phlox, Phlox paniculata
* Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum
* Jacob's-Ladder, Polemonium reptans
* Great Solomon's-Seal, Polygonatum commutatum
* Polyanthus Primrose, Primula x polyantha
* Lungwort, Pulmonaria species
* Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
* Siberian Squill, Scilla sibirica
* Goldmoss Stonecrop, Sedum acre
* Showy Sedum, Sedum spectabile
* Lamb's-Ear, Stachys byzantina
* Spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana
* Nodding Trillium, Trillium cernuum
* White Wake-Robin, Trillium grandiflorum
* Tulipa Darwin 'White Valcano' and 'Cum Laude,' Parrot 'Blue
Parrot,' Greigii 'Toronto'
* Big Merrybells, Uvularia grandiflora
* Canada Violet, Viola canadensis
* Horned Violet, Viola cornuta
* Woolly Blue Violet, Viola sororia

*These are based upon observations and not from clinical tests.
**Cultivars of some species may do poorly.