Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
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Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Close-up of closed Sweet Chestnuts, featuring the textured outer husks of Castanea sativa. This detailed view captures the green, spiky covering of the nuts before they fully reveal the chestnuts within
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Castanea sativa 1U1.jpg__PID:844cd6c8-2d92-43a8-96aa-8a38a655b016
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Close-up of closed Sweet Chestnuts, featuring the textured outer husks of Castanea sativa. This detailed view captures the green, spiky covering of the nuts before they fully reveal the chestnuts within
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)

Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)

Sweet Chestnut is a fast growing multi-purpose hedge with delicious nuts, broad canopy and glossy, serrated leaves. Sweet Chestnut provides a valuable source of nutrients to wildlife, while serving as an effective visual screen and sound barrier with autumn hues of gold and bronze.

British Native

Grown From Seed

Soil Stabilisation

Flood Resistant

Drought Tolerant

Drought Resistant

Nitrogen Fixing

Evergreen

○ Family of Trees: Fagaceae

○ Habit: Tree, Suitable for Screening

○ Growth Rate: 30 to 60 cm/year

○ Optimal Temperature: 10-25°C, hardy to -20°C

○ Harmful if Eaten?: Non-toxic to Humans and Pets (edible nuts when cooked, but raw nuts can be mildly toxic)

○ Flowers or Berries: Long Catkins, Edible Nuts Enclosed in Spiny Husks

○ Hardiness: H5-H6 (Very Hardy) ○

Hardiness ratings


All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

  • ○ H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
  • ○ H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
  • ○ H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
  • ○ H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
  • ○ H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
  • ○ H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
  • ○ H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
  • ○ H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
  • ○ H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Features

Soil Types

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Leaves
Flowers
Berries

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Price

Size:

1u1 10-20cm

5○/m
£0.98 each
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Size:

1u1 20-30cm

5○/m
£1.13 each
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Size:

1u1 30-40cm

5○/m
£1.20 each
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Size:

1u1 40-60cm

5○/m
£1.33 each

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Pot Size:

7.5L

Height:

£22.40 each

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