Walnut & Elm Yarn Bowl

The Japanese walnut has very long leaves that are made up of many smaller, oval shaped, serrated, bright green leaflets. This tree produces an edible fruit which is sometimes also called a heartnut, due to its heart shape.

Characteristics: The leaves are pinnately-compound, made up of 2 ½ – 7 inch long, ovate-oblong, serrated, bright green leaflets. Flowers appear as catkins. This tree produces a thick shelled, oval-shape fruit. The tree has a broad and rounded crown. It grows 40-65 feet high and wide.

Elm was once one of the largest and most prevalent of the North American elm species, preferred as an ideal shade tree for urban roadsides. American Elm is especially susceptible to Dutch elm disease, and was ravaged by the fungal disease in the second half of the twentieth century. Because the tree is fast growing and bears seeds at a young age, it has been able to continue in areas where older trees have died, though the newer elms also succumb to the disease at a relatively young age. Consequently, large and mature American Elms are  uncommon. Many disease-resistant cultivars and hybrids are being used to replace trees killed by Dutch elm disease.