Deb Engmark, head gardener at the historic Brucemore estate in Cedar Rapids, shares the following about an amazing tree on the Brucemore grounds: It's time. It's blooming. Brucemore's Chinese ...

My largest and quickest-to-bear tree, now 12 years old, was actually grown by planting a Chinese chestnut. The tree has both a height and spread of about 20 feet, and it yields more than half a ...

The initial crossbreed between an American and Chinese chestnut is dubbed F1, Kell said. That tree, which is half American and half Chinese chestnut, is then put through a process called backcrossing.

A Chinese chestnut tree in the fall. Efforts are underway to bring back "the redwood of the East" Last week I had a chance to talk with Sara Fitzsimmon, media liaison for The American Chestnut ...

The American chestnut tree was nearly wiped out by disease. ... The plant breeders had crossed the Chinese chestnut and the American chestnut, 1/16: 15/16 respectively, ...

We visit an orchard where researchers are breeding Chestnut trees they hope will one day fight off a fungus that's been killing the iconic American tree for more than a century.

The initial crossbreed between an American and Chinese chestnut is dubbed F1, Kell said. That tree, which is half American and half Chinese chestnut, is then put through a process called backcrossing.