I'm in rural Georgia. Years ago after moving here I would plant chestnuts and various Thanksgiving nuts around the yard. Trees have grown. I had been sure some were chestnuts. For a couple of years there have been flowers. The flowers are gone this year by a month or so. I just did a search and found what actual chestnut flowers and leaves look like so now I'm wondering what these are. They seem to be attacked readily so I suspect these might not be native. The first two photos show the unknown tree and its leaves in a closeup showing some kind of leaf disease. The third shows a leaf of what I hope is my hazlenut tree. Thanks for any advice you can give on these. Bill J Heard County, GA
These are of course self-sown local plants, not from the nuts you planted. Shop-bought nuts are rarely, if ever, viable - too dry, and often rancid due to poor storage conditions, by the time they reach you.
Okay, so I wanted to make sure before taking an ax to the first tree. I had planted many almonds as well as chestnuts and hazelnuts. On the website I found a homeowner in Sacramento asking if a tree in the yard could be identified. It seemed similar to this tree and was identified as a Prunus caroliniana. I looked more closely at much older trees on the property and found a Prunus of which I've attached a photos. However, comparing the leaves of the Prunus with this tree I see the Prunus has serrated edges while this does not - nor does this have the green berries although that might be due to this tree being only ~15 years. Maybe I'll wait a while before taking it down. Bill J
It's an oak. I'm finding acorns on the ground for the first time this year. Tough to argue with acorns.
I thought Chinese chestnut might be possible as one of the trees is dropping these which seem similar to the husks covering chestnuts.
Of the three photos in the initial post, the center post plant now has berries. There are many of these on my property but I don't find them elsewhere in the area.