#CASHEW TREES ZONE 7 FULL#

They make great privacy trees if you’re looking to plant some around your garden. The fruit can be harvested in the fallĪvailable at: Fast-Growing-Trees & Nature HillsĬultivated in the US since the 1700s, you’ll see this beauty adorning landscapes in and around GA, PA, and NY.Īlthough it’s categorized as a small tree, the American Hazelnut grows up to 18 feet high at maturity, and, in ideal conditions, each tree can produce approximately 25 pounds of nutrient-rich nuts for you to consume. That said, it can fall prey to twig and stem cankers, leaf spots, and possibly even weevils.Īverage Size at Maturity: 40-60 ft tall, 40-60 ft wideįruiting/Flowering Season: This tree flowers in spring and summer. This tree is resistant but not immune to chestnut blight, a dangerous fungal bark disease that wiped out the native American Chestnut Tree a century ago. With two or three nuts per bur, a mature Chinese Chestnut Tree that’s 15-20 years old produces anywhere between 50 and 100 pounds of nuts per season!Īfter you harvest for yourself and your loved ones, you’ll still have more that you can sell to make a decent profit. Then in the fall, delicious edible sweet nuts encased in spiny burs replace the flowers. In the spring and summer, fragrant cream, gold, silver, or white flowers will dangle from the branches of this majestic tree.

This is also one of the best Zone 6 shade trees you can grow in your garden.

#CASHEW TREES ZONE 7 FULL#

Native to China and possibly Korea, the Chinese Chestnut requires full sun (at least six hours or more daily) and moist, well-draining soils to thrive. Image by Frederick County Forestry via Flickrīeautifying landscapes and gardens around AR, KY, and parts of IL, the Chinese Chestnut Tree is a sight to behold in spring and summer.

Cashew trees zone 7