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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii'

 
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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii' - Baumann common horse-chestnut
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Baumann common horse-chestnut
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Synonym: Aesculus hippocastanum 'Flore Pleno'
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. Older bark is fissured into plate-like scales. Double, white flowers in terminal panicles occur in May. No fruit is produced. Best of the garden forms and very impressive as a specimen.
Links: RHS Horticultural Database • Trees and Shrubs Online

Locations

  • 1: AES: BN29 (BN29) • Accession: D2007-0072.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: FLS: BT24 (BT24) • Accession: D2007-0072.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: PER: CO23 (CO23) • Accession: D1982-0508.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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