Castanea sativa - bare root - 60-90 cm
Tamme kastanje
€1.58 per unit (incl. vat)
Product information "Castanea sativa - bare root - 60-90 cm"
The sweet chestnut can grow 15 to 30 meters high. During the flowering period in June and July, white-yellow and green-yellow flowers appear. Later, nuts in husks grow on the tree
CULTIVATION TIPS:
The sweet chestnut is best planted in a spot with sun or semi-shade. It likes an acid or neutral soil that is well-drained. You rarely need to prune the tree. In between you can remove the old wood
USE:
Sweet chestnuts are very tasty when roasted.
ADVICE ON PROBLEMS:
The tree is susceptible to chestnut blight.
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Landscape, Park tree, Tolerates no paving |
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| Bloom Month: | May, June |
| Bloom color: | Yellow, White |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| Dutch plant name: | Eetbare kastanje, Tamme kastanje |
| English plant name: | Spanish Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut Tree |
| Flower color - details: | Yellowish white, fairly self-pollinating |
| French plant name: | Châtaignier |
| Frost hardiness - details: | Good (a) (-23 to -21°c), usda zone 6a |
| Frost resistance: | Very good winter hardy |
| Fruit: | Spiked, Green |
| Fruit - details: | Green husk with brown fruit |
| Full grown plant height: | 600-800 cm |
| German plant name: | Edelkastanie, Edelkastanien, Esskastanie |
| Growth habit : | Crown dark/closed, Crown round-spherical |
| Humidity/Soil: | Moist soil |
| Latin plant family: | Fagaceae |
| Leaf / Foliage: | Green |
| Location: | Dark shade, Shadow |
| Location - details: | Sun or shade |
| Maturity: | Beginning october, end october |
| Minimum growing height (in cm): | 600 |
| Plant characteristic: | Edible (fruit, leaf, flower), Indigenous, Fruit-bearing |
| Plant family: | Cup carrier family |
| Pruning period: | March, July |
| Synonym / Trade name: | Castanea vesca, Castanea vulgaris |
| Taste: | Sweet, special taste |
| Winter foliage: | Losing leaf |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 800 |
| type of crop: | Fruit |
| type of soil: | Clay soil (calcareous), Normal soil, Peaty soil (acidic), Sand soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Any good garden soil |
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