First year our American Chestnut has a ton of blooms covering the tree. Previous few years just a few but still resulted in 2-3 chestnuts. Which the squirrels took. The smell is not bad but also not amazing? Not sure how to describe. I always thought you had to have two trees to get fruit but we only have this one tree. We got this tree through our conservation district spring plant sale some years ago and they only offered them once. They are not hybrids so will eventually succumb to the fungus. Until then we will enjoy its beauty
by Rellcotts
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Lovely! I have a couple big resprouts from old dead stumps, but we don’t get any flowers.
These smell so awful to me. My neighbor has one and I hate when it blooms.
You can keep them pruned short and spray them with fungicide to keep them alive and blight free! It just doesn’t work well in a forest.