Walnut 'Soleze'

A French variety like Lara and similarly to be seen grown in cordons in France, Soleze does not appear to share Lara’s susceptibility to blight. It is protandrous, bears large nuts of good flavour and is partly self-fertile. Although slow-growing it makes a large tree at maturity. 'Soleze' typically takes a bit longer to reach full maturity and begins producing nuts at an older age compared to earlier-fruiting varieties. However, once established, it offers a consistently high and reliable production of edible nuts.

Protect young trees from wind with a nurse plant, such as Broom.

Why seedlings? Growing seedlings from productive, vigorous parents helps maintain diversity (each seed is a new variety) while drawing on some of the best walnut genetics. In other words, by planting and growing out these trees, you are participating in the breeding new, regionally-adapted walnut varieties! The parents of these seedlings were selected for producing hardy, vigorous, productive, high-quality nuts. We recommend planting several of these trees closer together and selecting your final tree once they've produced their first nuts (4-8 years) so that you can select the most productive trees with the highest-quality nuts.