Hi, First post, and Im curious to what type of tree in a local park of Kitimat BC. So far it is the only one of this type that I noticed. Didn't find any seeds from this tree in the fall. Any ideas?
Thanks that it, I wonder why no seed pods? When I lived in Salmon Arm, I could tell it was a horse chestnut by the bounty of spiked seed pods.
Perhaps kids, city parks or the homeowner rakes up the pods when they fall... Photo #3 nicely illustrates Clarence Stein's "Garden City" planning concept (Stein was the planner brought in to design the town of Kitimat, with an emphasis on separating housing and industry, and the provision of long park-like paths and boulevards around worker housing), with it's long broad greenspace corridors. Nice to see it's still in effect, and tended....
Yes the many greenspace corridors with sidewalks sure was a great idea from Mr. Stein. Not far from the Chestnut tree is what I believe is a pair of English Oaks, several types of Maples. I would watch them in the late summer and they all would be full of seeds except the Horse Chestnut. Would look up close, to no avail. The English Oaks had a huge pile of acorns in the fall. Also the Maples were loaded as well. I took a bunch home and I put in ziplock bags with germination medium into cold storage. By spring they had huge roots and starting to sprout. Some of them now are over 5" tall with large leaves. The maples are growing very well. The only one that failed to germinate was the seeds of a Red Maple (only one that I have noticed in town). I was so looking forward to having Red Maple seedlings because the tree is just stunning in the fall. There is a unknown Maple right beside the Chestnut which the ground was just totally covered with large winged seeds. Picking them up in the fall I noticed some where already starting to germinate. I wonder if the chestnut is a Sterile tree or because of the lack of bees it isn't being pollinated? Thanks for the info.
