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Planting instructions

Chestnut (Castanea spp.)

Exposure: Full sun. Zone 4-8. Chestnut does well under hot, dry conditions.
Soil: Prefers acid well-drained loamy soil but tolerates clay if well-drained (on a slope or ridge). Tolerates dry soil once established.
Growth habits: A large nut tree of rounded form with attractive leathery leaves averaging 40 feet tall and wide. Need 2 trees for cross-pollination. The nuts are borne in clusters in a spiny husk.
Landscape uses: Plant chestnuts in groves or nut orchards or in large open landscapes as specimens or nut bearing timber trees, depending on variety. Prefers slopes and ridges. Not recommended for lowlands or high humidity areas.
Edible/Medicinal properties: The large sweet nuts are highly valued for drying, roasting, fresh eating, or grinding into highly nutritious chestnut flour. Good wildlife or livestock food.

$30.00 / 3gal.

Available Varieties

Our varieties are a cross between Japanese, European, and American species to produce blight-resistant trees. Large, sweet nuts in abundance.

Precoce Migoule - Vigorous upright tree. Large early-ripening nuts.

Marrisard - Very large sweet nuts. Late ripening. Pollen sterile.

Sleeping Giant - Large timber form with big sweet nuts.

Connecticut Early - Early ripening nuts. Chinquipin/Chinese cross.

Collossal - Very large nuts, productive, early. Pollen sterile. $36.00 / 5 gal.