Chinese Chestnut

The Chinese Chestnut, Castanea mollissima, can be used as a nut tree and a shade tree, or planted in rows as a windbreak. The nuts are sweet-flavored and create edible nuts in winter. This deciduous tree has moderate water requirements and it has a reasonable tolerance to salt and alkali soils. Landscapers plant the Chinese Chestnut as an decorative. Chinese Chestnut trees do well in hot dry climates and are blight resistant. The foliage is dim green in summer.
This hardy tree will bear fruit in 7-8 years when placed on a good site. The dark green leaves are 5”-8” in length with a easy shape that turn yellow and gold in the fall. It produces edible chestnuts after organization. The outer shell of the nut is prickly and must be detached. This variety of chestnut is resistant to chestnut blight (but not resistant). This tree tolerates heat, drought, transplanting, and dehydrated and acidic soils.