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Chinese Chestnut growing in a garden

How to grow chinese chestnut

Castanea mollissima

When to plant chinese chestnut

NC State Extension describes Chinese chestnut as a round-crowned deciduous nut tree that is resistant to chestnut blight. It gives no planting date; set out dormant bare-root stock in early spring while the soil is workable.

Chinese Chestnut is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.

Growing conditions

Lifecycle
Perennial
Spacing
480 to 600 in apart
Sun
Full sun

Common problems

  • spiny burrs
  • offensive flower odor

Sources

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