Chinese Chestnut Trees - 2 ft Tall Live Nut Plants (Castanea mollissima) - Deciduous Edible Landscape Trees, Orchard Starter Plants

Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima) is a deciduous nut tree valued for its sweet edible chestnuts and attractive spreading canopy. This tree is commonly grown in orchards, homesteads, and edible landscapes.

Chestnut trees produce long catkins in spring and develop spiny burrs containing nuts that mature later in the growing season. They are widely planted in backyard orchards and large landscape plantings.

🌱 What You’ll Receive

• 2 Live Chinese Chestnut Trees
• Approximately 2 ft tall
• Bare root plants

🌿 Plant Overview

Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima) is a deciduous tree native to China and widely cultivated for nut production. It develops a broad canopy with glossy green leaves and produces edible chestnuts enclosed in spiny burrs.

The tree is commonly planted in orchards, wildlife plantings, and edible landscapes.

🌸 Characteristics

• Deciduous nut-producing tree
• Produces edible chestnuts in spiny burrs
• Broad spreading canopy
• Suitable for orchards and edible landscapes

☀️ Sunlight

Full Sun

🌱 Soil

Prefers well-draining loamy soil

💧 Water

Moderate water needs; prefers evenly moist soil during establishment

🌿 Bullet Points

• 2 live Chinese Chestnut trees
• Approximately 2 ft tall starter trees
• Deciduous nut-producing orchard tree
• Suitable for backyard orchards and edible landscapes
• Seasonal nut production once mature

Common Name: Chinese Chestnut
Scientific Name: Castanea mollissima
Sunlight: Full Sun
Watering: Moderate
Soil: Well-draining, Loamy
Hardiness Zones: 4–8
Growth Habit: Broad spreading canopy
Format: Bare root plants