#spanishchestnut

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day 

Wednesday 12 July 2017 

The male catkins of Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut) are up to 15cm in length, and the female flowers are smaller but if pollination is successful they will be followed by spiny fruits containing the edible nuts. These large, vigorous deciduous tree have rugged, grooved bark that swirls around the trunk with age. 

 Jill Raggett

[meajy]

Spanish chestnut tree and twig I did as a paied work for a wedding card. I painted a lot of trees last year for the annual report of the company I work for. Thousands and thousends of leafes. It‘s like meditation 😉 #tree #twig #spanishchestnut

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 30 January 2018

This Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut) at the entrance to the Mediterranean Garden, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, is considered to date from the early 1700s when the land was part of the original royal estates. The twisting, ridged bark, indicatives the great age of this deciduous tree and the ground was covered in the shiny brown nuts and their spiky casings.

Jill Raggett