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Close up of Gideon Chinese Chestnut planted in a landscape, oblong wrinkled looking green leaves on slightly upright branching with long thin clusters of small white flowers
Gideon Chinese Chestnuts on a table, various brown shelled nuts on a table
Close up of Gideon Chinese Chestnut foliage and flowers, long stringy clusters of small fuzzy white flowers emerging from oblong wrinkled looking green leaves
Close up of Gideon Chinese Chestnut planted in a landscape, oblong wrinkled looking green leaves on slightly upright branching with long thin clusters of small white flowers
Gideon Chinese Chestnuts on a table, various brown shelled nuts on a table
Close up of Gideon Chinese Chestnut foliage and flowers, long stringy clusters of small fuzzy white flowers emerging from oblong wrinkled looking green leaves

LARGE HARVESTS OF RICHLY FLAVORED CHESTNUT IN FALL

FEATURES:

  • In late spring, white, fragrant catkins emerge before morphing into chestnut burs
  • Dark green and glossy foliage turns bright red, yellow, and orange in fall
  • Produces chestnuts that are rich in flavor and early to harvest
  • Two trees are needed to ensure proper cross pollination for fruit production
  • Disease resistant and cold hardy
  • Chestnuts are well loved by native wildlife
  • Hand selected fresh from our grower
  • Ships in a plant-safe designed box

Photo Credit: ©Nova-Photo-Graphik GmbH® Gideon Chinese Chestnut

Growth Facts

  • Hardiness Zone: 4-8
  • Mature Height: 40-60' tall
  • Mature Width: 40-60' wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun
  • Spacing: 50-60' apart

Gideon Chinese Chestnut Treeling

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Castanea mollissima 'Gideon'

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LARGE HARVESTS OF RICHLY FLAVORED CHESTNUT IN FALL

FEATURES:

  • In late spring, white, fragrant catkins emerge before morphing into chestnut burs
  • Dark green and glossy foliage turns bright red, yellow, and orange in fall
  • Produces chestnuts that are rich in flavor and early to harvest
  • Two trees are needed to ensure proper cross pollination for fruit production
  • Disease resistant and cold hardy
  • Chestnuts are well loved by native wildlife
  • Hand selected fresh from our grower
  • Ships in a plant-safe designed box

Photo Credit: ©Nova-Photo-Graphik GmbH® Gideon Chinese Chestnut

Growth Facts

  • Hardiness Zone: 4-8
  • Mature Height: 40-60' tall
  • Mature Width: 40-60' wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun
  • Spacing: 50-60' apart

Why plant Gideon Chinese Chestnut Treeling?

The noble Gideon Chestnut tree. In fall, the flowers have morphed into the proverbial chestnuts that you can roast on an open fire while Jack Frost nips at your nose. This disease-resistant and cold-hardy Chinese chestnut is known to have rich flavor and an early harvest, so you won't have to wait too long in those autumns days to reach up for a snack! You'll know when the chestnuts are almost ready when the tree burst with gorgeous yellow foliage!

In the early days of the United States, millions of American Chestnut Trees grew across the land, from Michigan to Maine and south to Mississippi and northwestern Florida. The largest specimens were over 100 feet tall and had trunks 12 feet thick. The durable wood supplied people with the material to make furniture, railway ties, and utility poles. Then, in 1904, a deadly Chestnut blight from China appeared at the Bronx Zoo. By the time Nat King Cole was singing about roasting chestnuts in 1946, most of the country’s Chestnut Trees had fallen victim. We offer seedlings from mature, surviving Chestnut Trees in northwestern Illinois in an effort to help get this glorious species reestablished!

How to use Gideon Chinese Chestnut Treeling in the landscape?

A cold-hardy Chinese chestnut cultivar, Gideon will produce consistently large harvests year after year. Gideon has a spreading habit as one of the fastest-growing chestnuts but will provide you with early ripening, easy peeling, delicious nuts. Plant Gideon with its companion Qing and enjoy twice the nuts from your own backyard!

Planting Zones

Hardiness Zone: 4-8

How To Plant Gideon Chinese Chestnut Treeling

Gideon Chestnut appreciates good, rich, moist, well-drained soil and plenty of sunshine. Provide regular irrigation. Chestnuts are encased in prickly, sea urchin-like pods, so you’ll want to keep this tree away from patios, pools, sidewalks, and other places where bare feet may wander. In rural areas, semi-wild spaces are ideal, as local wildlife like turkeys, jays, and grouse will love to share in the bounty. Before planting, check with your local extension office about the presence of Chestnut blight in your area and the feasibility of planting Chestnuts on your property.

How Does Shipping Work?

Size Small, Medium, and Large plants (our Treelings, Shrubs, Bushes, and Perennials) will be shipped directly to your home by a common carrier. Ships in a plant-safe designed box within 4-7 business days.

How Does Sizing Work?

The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health.. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)

Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.

All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!

See the size guides below.

How Trees are Shipped
Size 4XL D Trees Size 3XL C Trees Size 2XL B Trees Size XL A Trees Size LARGE AA Trees

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