Missouri Mammoth Hickory Nut Tree

The trees I got were excellent. I'm always concerned when it's a tree with a tap root, and it's obvious that Stark Brothers trees are well cared for. I am always happy with their products and can recommend them without reservation.

We loved the trees. They were received in good health and great condition. However, we lost all four (4) trees to a very dry year. We planted them West of our farm home - - hoping that they would replace the trees lost due to age and wind. George and Georgette Eliot, Elmer, Missouri

Well...a month ago I planted a fine looking, thick, robust looking 3 foot Missouri Mammoth Hickory nut tree. It looks great and growing fast. For the first year Im making sure I water it at least twice a month and once a week when very dry. I will let you know how it looks and how the nuts taste in about 10 years.

I received my hickory tree and planted it according to the directions and mulched around it. It is doing great and I am really happy with it. I would recommend this tree to anyone looking for one.
Steve

I bought a mammoth Hickory from Stark brothers to replace one from another competing company. The competition's tree didn't even last the summer. Terrible stock!

The tree that Stark sent has been another prime example of their dedication to a higher quality of product. While Hickory trees are slow and steady growers, this Hickory is growing steadily and looking good.

This tree has done reasonably well in a pine forest in the N.W. Florida Sandhills.

Several years ago (cannot say exactly how long) we planted 2 of these trees along the road in our front yard and their growth has been unbelievable! They have both grown incredibly fast, and now are both bearing nuts. We would liked have given them a 5 star rating BUT one of them has fantastic nuts that are beyond belief in their taste and yield, while the other one is bearing lots of nuts, but they are not well formed, and are not nearly as good as the ones on the other tree.
But they were good enough to encourage us to buy more and plant them in various place around our property. We have been amazed beyond belief at how fast these trees have grown, and the fact that only one of them didn't grow, and had to be replaced.
If you want nut trees that are hardy, fast growing, beautiful, and yield really great tasting nuts in a seemingly short amount of time, then these could be the trees for you. B U T... you need a large space for them to grow large in.
The year before last we were able to collect enough nuts to make a Hickory Nut Pie, using exactly the recipe for Pecan Pie, and it was so good that our heads almost exploded! It was beyond great. It was too good to be put into words!
But, sadly, last year the weather caused these very same trees to not bear more than a handful of nuts. It was the same for almost all the nut trees in this area, including the Black Walnuts that had been reliably bearing lots of nuts for years. We were saddened, but are looking forward to having nuts this year, and unless something totally unforeseen happens, we will have, as the Missouri Mammoth Hickories are growing like mad, and are covered in flowers.
I would guess that anyone reading the review up to this point could perceive that we would, without hesitation, recommend these trees for anyone who has the space to grow at least two, and if, like us, you have more space, to grow 20 or 30.
Thanks for reading our review. Happy Growing and Much Love from Tree Lovers in Kentucky!

I bought 2 trees along with several apples, peaches and plums about 20 years ago. The hickorys are about 25 feet tall now and beautiful trees. This is the first year they have produced nuts. One tree has several that can be seen the other has one that can be seen. All appear to be large, much larger than the local wild trees. I didn't expect it to take 20 years for them to produce.

One of the two trees died last summer, even though I watered them regularly. The other little tree seems to have made it through a dry winter.

Poor quality , planted trees exacatly to the your specifics they never made a bud . Made sure they had mulch and even a chicken fencing around to where rabbits , deer wouldn't get to them . When looking at them this spring took one out and it had no root formation . It was dead ,and the other one still has no signs of being alive . I have pecan trees chestnut , beach nut hazelnut and almonds that are doing very well ! I was hoping to have hickory trees in my nut orchard . Please contact me , thank you . Larry Biehn.