While in Washington State, I had a lovely Yellowhorn that I purchased from Burnt Ridges Nursery. Beautiful tree, wants to send out multiple trunks but I kept it groomed as a single-trunk tree. I harvested new shoots of both the leaves and the flower buds, both edible and very good to me. The flower buds remind me of asparagus, the leaf shoots more like a green with some bitterness but in a good way. I only had one tree but had plenty of nuts. I have walnuts, an almond tree, and hazelnuts and there are black walnuts and horse chestnuts in the vicinity. Not sure if any of these might be responsible for some level of cross pollination? Regardless, I did not like the nuts very well. Although the husks are easy to remove by hand, the kernels (about the size of a chick pea / garbonzo bean) are protected by a hard thin black shell much like the shell protecting pine nuts. I could easily crack the shell but the nut meat wouldn't come free of the shell easily. I tried eating them raw and roasted. Neither was very flavorful. A little bitterness, but without much other flavor to speak of. I've heard they're high in oil. Maybe but that wasn't my goal, I was looking for a snackable nut.
I have moved to Oklahoma and am looking for a 1-2' Yellowhorn to plant in my yard. Seems like everyone is out of stock / discontinued. It's only March, but maybe I was too slow.
