Chestnut Tree Plant. The chestnut tree's flowers are long, drooping catkins that appear in the spring. If you want the tree to produce nuts, there needs to be a second tree within 200 feet (60 m).
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Free draining soil is imperative for growing chestnut trees. When chestnut trees were abundant, farmers could rely on their nuts as a source of nutrition for their pigs or turkeys. The horse chestnut (aesculus species;