Cape chestnut tree

A search for the rare American Chestnut tree in the woods of South Orleans.

Calodendrum capense is without doubt one of our loveliest ornamental and shade trees. Calodendrum is derived from the Greek language and literally means “beautiful tree”. This magnificent tree has a dense rounded crown and literally covers itself in lightly scented, spectacular pink flowers in spring and summer. Those of you who have driven along the Garden Route at this time of year must have noticed these splendid trees in the Knysna area, where they are so easily identifiable by their…

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Calodendrum capense - Cape Chestnut

Cape chestnut flowers Calodendrum Capense (commonly known as Cape chestnut) literally means a beautiful tree. Perhaps one can say that the Cape Chestnut was created to remind us how important beauty is our lives. Without the experience of beauty we ca

This appears to be Castanospermum australe, a medium to large tree 10-30m (30-90') found growing in rainforests and coastal scrubs from Cape York in Queensland to central NSW. It has a grey smooth bark, green pinnate leaves and red and yellow large pea flowers. The seed pods are quite large containing 2-5 large chestnut

Cape Chestnut (Calodendrum capense)

The large and colorful horse-chestnut trees are in full bloom now at my Bedford, New York farm. Every year around this time, the horse-chestnuts, Aesculus, burst with gorgeous pink flower clusters. I have a pair of these handsome trees at one end of my long Boxwood Allee just outside my stable. I also have a

Calodendrum capense - South African Cape Chestnut

An African tree renowned for its beauty is the Cape chestnut, which is a larval host plant of the citrus swallowtail butterfly that featured in last week’s post. We are fortunate to have one of the…