Chinese Chestnut
By Lou Paun
Chinese Chestnut (Xanthoceras) - X. sorbifolia is a beautiful dwarf hardy tree, but not a rapid grower; its leaves are elegant, and its flowers white marked with red, borne in erect clusters.
Chinese chestnut Fagaceae Castanea mollissima Blume symbol: CAMO83
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Chinese chestnut tree
The spines of Chinese chestnut burrs are needle sharp - even when the burr lays gently in hand, the little pricks cause pain.
Chinese chestnuts grow best in the acid soils of East Texas and are poorly adapted to the extremely alkaline soils of portions of South, Central and West Texas.
Description:
Chinese Chestnut is the most common species planted today in the United States for the harvest of chestnuts, shown here thickly dispersed in the canopy in immature fruit form.
Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory Caryopteris incana Common Bluebeard Caryopteris x clandonensis Hybrid bluebeard Castanea mollissima Chinese Chestnut ...
Castanea mollissima (Chinese Chestnut)
Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
Fagus crenata (Japanese Beech)
Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
Fagus sylvatica (Fernleaf Beech)
Fagus sylvatica (Beech 'Purple Fountain')
Fagus sylvatica (Beech 'Retroflexa') ...
mollissima, Chinese chestnut, is also suitable locally. Chestnut trees require plenty of space; there are no known examples on campus, plenty of space; there are no known examples on campus, ...
The most commonly seen chestnut is the Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima), which is completely resistant to the fungus disease. It makes a spreading, 50-foot tall tree with heavy nut crops.
Chinese chestnut, (Castanea mollissima Blume) is planted for its 1" nuts. Its leaves are shorter, up to 6" long and pubescent beneath.
Castanea - Chestnuts and Chinkapins
Castanea alnifolia - Florida Chinkapin
Castanea dentata - American Chestnut
Castanea mollissima - Chinese Chestnut
Castanea ozarkensis - Ozark Chinkapin
Castanea pumila - Allegheny Chinkapin; Chinquapin ...
Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima)
Chinese Chives (Allium tuberosum)
Chinese Delphinium (Delphinium grandiflorum)
Chinese Dogwood (Cornus kousa chinensis)
Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Chinese Fan Palm (Livistona chinensis) ...
mollissima, Chinese Chestnut, and C. crenata, Japanese Chestnut.
The blight disease has been identified in the Pacific Coast states and provinces, but it is not common, and C. dentata is grown in this region.
that some of the plants that I had grown over the last 20 years were named by Taffler, including a piggyback plant, Tolmiea Taff's Gold. There was a variegated paperbark maple, several variegated hydrangeas, a spectacular variegated Chinese chestnut, ...
 See also: Chestnut, May, Castanea, Green, American Chestnut
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