Castanea mollissima ~ Chinese Chestnut-ServeScape
Castanea mollissima ~ Chinese Chestnut-ServeScape
Castanea mollissima ~ Chinese Chestnut-ServeScape
Castanea mollissima ~ Chinese Chestnut-ServeScape
Castanea mollissima ~ Chinese Chestnut-ServeScape

Castanea mollissima

Chinese Chestnut

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Chinese Chestnut is a low branching deciduous tree with edible nuts and bark that becomes furrowed with it age.  The long, toothed dark green leaves with lighter undersides turn varying shades of yellow in fall.  The showy clusters of creamy spring catkins have an unpleasant smell but are well worth the heavy fall crop of sweet husked nuts.  Grows best in full sun and loamy, moist well-drained soils.  Tolerates heat, humidity, and drought.  Chinese Chestnut is resistant to chestnut blight.

Type: 

Tree

Height: 

40’ - 60’ 

Spread: 

40’ - 60’

Spacing: 

50’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 8

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

White

Season of Interest: 

Spring, FallYear-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Susceptible to leaf spot, anthracnose, and twig and stem cankers.  The spiny nut husks cause significant litter. 

LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen planting or mass plantings, Woodland GardenNaturalized AreasNative Garden, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Yellow Birch, Persimmon, Paw Paw

IMAGES: Photoset by Frederick County Forestry Board5. Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima), Non-native (1),(2)+(3), (2) ZhangzhugangCastanea mollissima, Hangzhou Botanical Garden 2018.06.03 15-38-49CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Kenneth M. Gale, Bugwood.org, Castanea mollissima autumnCC BY 3.0 US

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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