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 ...

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, ...