Aesculus hippocastanum (Common horsechestnut)
Aesculus hippocastanum (Common Horsechestnuts)
Pronunciation: ESS-kew-lus hip-oh-kass-TAY-num
Family: Sapindaceae
Plant type: Deciduous Tree
Origin: Europe
Zone: 5
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Mature size
Spread: 15-25 m
Habit: open upright
Form: round
Texture: coarse
Landscape uses - spring interest, specimen (Messy)
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Leaves
Arrangement: compound opposite
Shape: obovate
Size: leaflets 13-30 cm long
Margin: double serrate
Characteristics: heavily veined, palmate venation
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous pannicle
Colour: white showy
Time: April May
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: green to brown
Time: September October
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Stem
Description: plated
Colour: grey brown
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Propagation - grafting, seed
Comments - bud scar looks similar to that of a horseshoe with shoe tacks
- not ideal as landscape tree as it is persistently messy year round
- not ideal as landscape tree as it is persistently messy year round
Pests - leaf hoppers, leaf blotch fungus, leaf scorch
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