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Sweet Chestnut Tree – Maridonne (Cell)

Castanea sativa

£12.37

The Maridonne Sweet Chestnut is a splendid tree for UK gardens. This French variety of Castanea sativa is known for its large, tasty nuts and beautiful, spreading canopy. It’s a slow-growing tree that offers lovely shade, attractive autumn colour, and a delicious crop of chestnuts each year.

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  • ✓ French variety of sweet chestnut known for producing large, tasty nuts
  • ✓ Grows into a beautiful spreading tree, perfect for providing shade in UK gardens
  • ✓ Attracts wildlife with its catkin-like flowers in spring and nuts in autumn
  • ✓ Hardy tree that's well-suited to the British climate, reaching up to 20 metres if left unpruned
  • ✓ Quality UK grown stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier

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The Maridonne Sweet Chestnut is a cracking choice for UK gardeners looking to add a touch of continental charm to their outdoor space. This French variety of Castanea sativa is known for its large, tasty nuts and beautiful, spreading canopy. It’s a proper tree that’ll give your garden a grand focal point and provide a lovely bit of shade on hot summer days.

Sweet chestnuts have been grown in Britain since Roman times, but this Maridonne cultivar is a more recent French import. It’s become popular with gardeners because it’s well-suited to our climate and produces bigger, better nuts than many other varieties.

The Maridonne Sweet Chestnut is a slow-growing tree, which means it won’t take over your garden in a hurry. It’ll eventually reach a height of about 20 metres if left unpruned, but you can keep it smaller with regular trimming. In late spring, it puts on a show with long, catkin-like flowers that bees and other pollinators love. Then, come autumn, you’ll be treated to a harvest of delicious chestnuts, perfect for roasting or using in your cooking.

This tree isn’t just about the nuts, though. Its large, serrated leaves turn a lovely golden colour in autumn, adding a splash of warmth to your garden as the days get shorter. The bark is attractive too, with a distinctive pattern that adds interest even in winter when the branches are bare.

If you’re after a tree that’s both beautiful and useful, the Maridonne Sweet Chestnut is a top choice. It’s a hardy tree that’ll thrive in most UK gardens, providing years of enjoyment, shade, and tasty nuts. Plus, it’s a great way to get the kids interested in gardening – they’ll love collecting the prickly cases and cracking them open to find the glossy brown nuts inside.

The Maridonne Sweet Chestnut is fairly easy to care for, making it a good choice for both new and experienced gardeners. It prefers a sunny spot with well-drained soil, but it’s not too fussy. When you first plant your tree, water it regularly for the first year to help it establish. After that, it’ll be quite drought-tolerant. Feed it with a general-purpose fertiliser in spring, and mulch around the base to keep the soil moist and suppress weeds. Prune in late winter to maintain its shape, removing any dead or crossing branches.

These are the named cultivar Maridonne. However, as they are open pollinated from a Sweet Chestnut orchard, there is a chance this is cross-pollinated with another Sweet Chestnut cultivar. This will be the same for most of the named varieties of Sweet Chestnuts available for sale.

Ultimate height
Higher than 12 metres

Time to ultimate height
20–50 years

Ultimate spread
Wider than 8 metres

These are this year’s saplings we have grown ourselves. Cell grown. Supplied as bare rooted cells.

Approx 40cm tall.

Season of Interest

Spring, Summer, Autumn

Sunlight

Full Shade, Full Sun, Partial Shade, Partial Sun


Pot Size

Cell

Foliage

Deciduous

Foliage Colour

Green

Hardiness

-20°C to -15°C (H6)

When Mature

Safety

Child Safe, Pollen Allergies, Pet Safe

Watering

Moderate

Preferred Soil Type

Any well drained soil

Preferred Soil pH

Acidic


Edible Plant
Edible


Our deep cell trays are a smart strategy for cultivating trees with strong and deep root systems. This leads to healthier and more resilient trees that are better prepared for transplantation and long-term growth in your garden.

Extended Planting Season

Cell grown trees offer a significantly broader planting window, allowing for planting almost year-round in certain conditions. This flexibility ensures easier scheduling and enhances tree establishment due to warmer soil and more favourable weather conditions, extending beyond the traditional planting season.

Robust Root System

The roots of cell grown trees are encased and safeguarded within compost, preventing the young fibrous roots from drying out or sustaining damage. This intact root system, with its uniform and manageable shape, facilitates straightforward planting.

Convenient Storage

These trees can be effortlessly stored outdoors before planting, eliminating the need for labour-intensive temporary planting (heeling in) or costly refrigerated storage.

Ease of Handling and Planting

The extended shelf life of cell grown trees means there’s no immediate urgency to plant. Their user-friendly root system increases the likelihood of successful planting. These characteristics make them ideal for planting by novices or volunteers.

High Survival Rate

The intact root system of cell grown trees significantly boosts their chances of successful establishment, virtually removing the need for expensive replanting (beating up).

Cost-Effectiveness

While the initial purchase price of cell grown trees may be slightly higher than bare-root stock for some species, the long-term savings achieved by reducing the need for replacing failed transplants than compensates for the initial minor cost difference.

No plastic waste

Trees are often supplied plastic pots that are difficult to recycle, especially the black pots. We rely on our customers to reuse these where possible, however these cell grown trees do not have plastic pots – saving any reuse & recycling concerns.

Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.

You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.

With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.

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Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.

Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.

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Delivery charges will be based on the highest applicable rate from our rate table, determined by the items in your order.
Alternatively, we offer the option to collect your items in person by prior arrangement.
These prices are based on delivery to UK Mainland. Delivery to Highlands & Islands will be more.
Delivery Class Delivery Cost
Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked £3.25 (Flat)
Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class £0.95 (Flat)
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked £3.25 (Flat)
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class £2.10 (Flat)
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) £7.95 (Flat)This item
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) £4.49 (Flat)This item
Medium Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) £7.95 (Flat)
Large Items - Pallet Courier £90.00 (Flat)
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) £28.95 (Flat)
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcel Force) £24.95 (Flat)
Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier£90.00 (Flat)

We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.

We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.

We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.

Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010

You can view our Plant Healthy report here.

We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.

Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.