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Fagaceae
Chinese chestnut
Castanea mollissima
Also known as Castanea sinensis, Castanea hupehensis, Castanea sativa var. intermedia, Castanea mollissima var. pendula
Flowering Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tree · Edible Nuts · Shade Tree · Nut Producer · Deciduous · Blight Resistant · Orchard · Wildlife Food · Fast Growing · Chestnut
Chinese chestnut is a fast-growing, blight-resistant shade tree that produces edible nuts in fall when two or more trees are planted for cross-pollination. Plant in well-drained, slightly acidic soil in a full-sun location with plenty of room for its broad canopy. Water regularly during the first few years to establish deep roots, and rake up fallen nut husks to keep the area tidy.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to saturate the root zone, allowing soil to partially dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Korea, Masachusettes, Taiwan, Windward Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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