Nut Trees & Plants - Fedco Seeds

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Bare-Root Trees

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Juglans cinerea 40-60' x same. Very large impressive shade tree with broad open crown. Produces oblong edible nuts. Nice cabinet wood. Native. Z3. read more

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American Chestnut

Bare-Root Trees

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Castanea dentata Up to 100'. Once common in the eastern US. Important food source for people and wildlife. Not immune to blight but likely to thrive 10-30 years. Fast growing and precocious. Z4. read more

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Chinese Chestnut Seedling

Bare-Root Trees

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Castanea mollissima 40-60' x same. Genetically unique seedlings usually produce good-to-excellent nuts in 5-7 years. Resistant to chestnut blight. Z4. read more

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Hybrid Chestnut Seedling

Bare-Root Trees

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Castanea 40-60' x 30-40'. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage. Parent trees show excellent blight resistance. Begins flowering at 3-5 years. Great flavor, high annual nut production. Z4. read more

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American Hazelnut

Bare-Root Plants

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Corylus americana 12-18' x 10-15'. Multi-stemmed native shrub with sweet nuts. Showy catkins in spring. Patchwork of colors in autumn. Can bear in 3-5 years. Z4. read more

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Hybrid Hazelnut

Bare-Root Plants

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Corylus spp. 8-12' × same. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage, including European hazelnut. Nuts will likely be larger than those from other seedlings. Highly resistant or immune to filbert blight. Z3. read more

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Jefferson Hazelnut

Bare-Root Plants

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Corylus avellana 12' × 12'. Unique seedlings of an outstanding European hazelnut bred/selected for heavy yields, sweet flavor, consistent quality and disease resistance. Z5. read more

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Shagbark Hickory

Nut - Bare-Root Plants

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Carya 70-90' × 50-70'. Straight trunked with shaggy bark and branches that curve up at the tips. Bears sweet edible nuts in 40 years. Z4. read more

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Shellbark Hickory

Nut - Bare-Root Plants

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Carya laciniosa 60-80' × 40-60'. Tall nut tree of bottomlands and floodplains. Resembles shagbark hickory but with less shaggy bark. Native. Z5. read more

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Black Walnut

Bare-Root Trees

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Juglans nigra 70-90'. Spectacular shade tree with open rounded crown. Nuts have sweet earthy rich flavor. May begin to bear in 5-10 years. Z4. read more

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Carpathian Walnut

Bare-Root Trees

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Juglans regia 30-50' × 40'. Very large fast-growing tree with edible nuts. Bears in 5–7 years. Almost tropical looking. Z4. read more

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Heartnut

Walnut - Bare-Root Plants

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Juglans ailantifolia var. ‘Cordiforis’ Easy-to-crack shells and sweet heart-shaped nuts. Used like English walnuts. Bears around 5-10 years. Z4/5. read more