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Aesculus hippocastanum |
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Horsechestnut |
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Southern Europe |
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Tall,
sometimes rounded tree |
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60-70 feet |
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Large pyramidal clusters of white flowers 8-10
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Mid-May |
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Leaves: opposite, palmately compound, usually 7 but
sometimes 5 leaflets
8-15 inches long.
Leaflets: 4-10 inches long, obovate and straight from base to
middle of leaflet, coarsely double-toothed, apex
pointed, base tapered, sometime reddish-pubescent below. |
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Large rounded fruits about 24 inches wide, with
green husks that eventually split open and
display one or two shiny brown have no autumn
color the fruits have no ornamental value and
are a nuisance on the lawn when they drop. |
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'Baumannii' or Baumann horsechestnut - flowers are double, with very few red
marks and the tight clusters are 9 inches long.
Blooms last longer
and no fruits are produced
- 'Pyramidalis'
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from the species only in that young trees are pyramidal
in habit.
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