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Common Names
Sweet Chestnut
Chinquapin
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Botanic Name
Genus: Castanea
Species: sativa
Variety:
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Type: Tree
Family: FAGACEAE
Origins:
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Wind: Medium
Growth: Fast
Frost: Hardy
Evergreen: No
Native: No
Height: 15m
Width: 5m
Position
Feature
RETAIL Availability
Easy to find
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Flower Colour
Yellow
Flowering Time
(Southern Hemisphere)
September
October
Climate Zone
Zone: 7
Zone: 8
Zone: 9
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Overview
Castanea sativa or Sweet Chestnut trees are tall and elegant deciduous trees of pyramidal shape and with elliptical serrated edged green veined foliage.
In spring they produce clusters of catkins and in autumn they produce coarsely hairy fruits that contain shiny brown nuts - the sweet chestnuts we roast by the fire.
They prefer dry summers as they originate from the Mediterranean.
Soil: Deep and fertile soils with plenty of added humus.
Maintenance: Keep moist in winter and spring otherwise do not overwater.
Diseases: None of note.
Other Species: 12 species in all including C. dentata - the American Chestnut.
Comments: You'll need plenty of space and patience to grow a Sweet Chestnut - but autumns are all the better for the waiting.
Author: Bob Saunders.
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Here we list businesses who usually sell this plant.
Online Retailers
Dawsons Garden World
Serving Perth gardeners for over 100 years, Dawsons have four Perth locations and provide on-line sales.
Delivery to: WA
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Gardenarium
Based in South Australia, specialising in mainstream, rare and unusual perennial plants along with roses and ornamental trees.
Delivery to: ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Local Retailers
| SA |
| Mount Gambier:
Gardenarium |
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| WA |
| Perth - all suburbs:
Dawsons Garden World |
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