Sun: full sun

Soil: well-drained, avoid low-lying and wet, prefers acidic soils

Growth rate: moderate to fast (1-2+ ft/yr)

Mature size: 40-60 ft. height and spread

Landscape use: edible landscape; wildlife food plot; silvopasture; agroforestry

Fruit: chestnut in spiny hull that splits open between September and October

Flower: male and female flowers on single tree but emerge at different times and need to cross pollinate

Fall color: yellow and bronze

Planting notes: American/Chinese/Japanese hybrid species offer various levels of resistance to the chestnut blight fungus

Seasonal interest: fall color; abundance of nut crop hanging on the tree

Sustaining wildlife: sweet nuts delicious for humans and deer