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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Memmingeri'

 
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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Memmingeri' - Memminger common horse-chestnut
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Common name: Memminger common horse-chestnut
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution: Species native to s.e. Europe
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A large, deciduous, upright oval shade tree growing 70' tall and often as wide. Leaves consist of 5-7 leaflets attached to stout, gray stems. Noted for its yellowish to grayish coloration of the newly unfolding leaves. Older bark is fissured into plate-like scales. White flowers in terminal panicles occur in May; each flower has an inner blotch that begins yellow then turns red. Light brown spiny capsules contain up to 2 seeds.
Links: RHS Horticultural Database • Trees and Shrubs Online

Locations

  • 1: • Accession: D2018-0087.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: AES: BR27 (BR27) • Accession: D2018-0087.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: • Accession: D2018-0087.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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