2023 Southeastern Plant Symposium
230 - Castanea pumila
Plant
Closed
Current Bid: $68
(Pot Sz: 1 gal) (Cannot ship)
Common name: Allegheny chinquapin
¤ multistemmed deciduous tree to 30'
¤ plant in sun
¤ hardy to zone 4
¤ fragrant white flowers in summer
¤ edible fruit in fall
¤ butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds
A southeastern US native chestnut that is resistant to chestnut blight. A thicket forming large shrub or tree in full sun. The edible nuts are delicious but small and a little hard to harvest which is why it is not a commercial crop. The nuts are popular with wildlife too such as squirrels, chipmunks, opossums, bears, deer, blue jays, and woodpeckers. Four inch long, narrow, male catkins appear along the stems in summer and pollinate the female flowers on other plants (not self-compatible) that mature into round spiny fruits in fall.
Common name: Allegheny chinquapin
¤ multistemmed deciduous tree to 30'
¤ plant in sun
¤ hardy to zone 4
¤ fragrant white flowers in summer
¤ edible fruit in fall
¤ butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds
A southeastern US native chestnut that is resistant to chestnut blight. A thicket forming large shrub or tree in full sun. The edible nuts are delicious but small and a little hard to harvest which is why it is not a commercial crop. The nuts are popular with wildlife too such as squirrels, chipmunks, opossums, bears, deer, blue jays, and woodpeckers. Four inch long, narrow, male catkins appear along the stems in summer and pollinate the female flowers on other plants (not self-compatible) that mature into round spiny fruits in fall.
