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Chinese Chestnut Tree
Castanea mollissima
Photo courtesy of University of Missouri Extension.
Photo courtesy of University of Illinois Extension -College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences.
The chinese chestnut can be used as a shade tree, or planted in rows as a windbreak. Displays wonderful edible nuts in winter.
The Chinese chestnut is not susceptible to the blight that virtually wiped out the American chestnut. The plants are self sterile so more than one seedling or variety must be planted. Rainy weather during flowering, in July, will reduce fruit set.
Has moderate water requirements and a moderate tolerance for salt and alkali soils.
Shipped bareroot, one to two foot seedlings.
Planting Zones: 4-9
Fruiting: Fruit
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate
Plant Group: Good wildlife plants , Tree
Plant Type: Deciduous
Plant Zone: Zone 4 , Zone 5 , Zone 6 , Zone 7 , Zone 8 , Zone 9
Size at Maturity: 30 - 50 ft
Chinese Chestnut Trees... The trees are between 12" and 24" tall when shipped... And shipped Bare Root...
Shipping and planting times are winter and spring months. Please choose from following months: November thru April. But we will make exceptions with limited warranties due to heat during shipping.
And, any tree shipped during normal green and growth months ...which is May through October is going to arrive with brown, burned leaves. They will recover and go green again, but they are going to look dead on arrival.
PRICING AS FOLLOWS:
2 Chinese Chestnut Trees = $12.95 plus $9.50 s/h.
10 Chinese Chestnut Trees = $33.95 plus $12.50 s/h.
25 Chinese Chestnut Trees = $49.95 plus $20.00 s/h.
50 Chinese Chestnut Trees = $89.95 plus $25.00 s/h.
100 Chinese Chestnut Trees = $178.00 plus $32.50 s/h.
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