nut variety
Sleeping Giant
Chestnut · Castanea species and hybrids
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 5a–7b
- Chill hours
- 400 to 700 below 45°F
- Days to harvest
- 120 to 180
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- 50 to 150 years
Disease resistance
- chestnut-blight
At a glance
Sweet, classic flavor, medium nuts; roasting and culinary. American x Japanese hybrid with good blight resistance, productive in eastern conditions.
Growing Sleeping Giant
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Sleeping Giant by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other chestnut varieties
3 sibling cultivars profiled on ZonePlant.
- Chinese Chestnut
Sweet, starchy, classic chestnut flavor; roasting, baking. Pure Castanea mollissima seedling, naturally blight…
- Colossal
Sweet, mild, very large nuts with easy peeling; roasting, fresh, processing. European x Japanese hybrid, the W…
- Dunstan
Sweet, starchy, classic roasted-chestnut flavor; roasting, soup, stuffing, flour. American x Chinese hybrid wi…
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Sleeping Giant chestnut grow in?
Sleeping Giant grows in USDA zones 5a through 7b.
- What diseases is Sleeping Giant resistant to?
Sleeping Giant shows documented resistance to chestnut-blight.
- How does Sleeping Giant compare to other chestnut varieties?
Sleeping Giant is one of 4 chestnut varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full chestnut variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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