The loss of American chestnut trees, Castanea denatata, ranks as one of the most devastating botanical disasters in U.S. history. Before the introduction of chestnut blight in 1904, there were over 4 ...

You can grow chestnuts in Southern California. You will need to incorporate lots of compost and gypsum in the soil prior to planting since chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) appreciate a somewhat acidic ...

Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant offers guidance on planting, growing, and caring for chestnut trees. The post How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Chestnut Trees is by Jerad Bryant and appeared first ...

American chestnut trees — which produce nuts inside spikey pods — still grow in the wild, but are considered “functionally extinct” because they do not typically live to maturity due to a fungus ...

A blight in the early 1900s nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree, once a staple food source and building material. Farmers are now planting blight-resistant hybrid chestnut trees in an effort ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – The American Chestnut Foundation is working to bring the American Chestnut species back. This weekend, they’ll be in Bedford county planting them, and they need your help.

You don't have to be a botanist or cultivator to help bring back the American chestnut tree, which all but disappeared from the United States due to a deadly blight. The American Chestnut Foundation, ...