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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Pyramidalis'
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Common name:
pyramidal 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 shade tree, conical in habit while young; when mature more upright oval. Grows 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. White flowers occur in May; each flower has a 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:
BCA: BO31
(BO31)
• Accession: D1994-1033.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
BCA: BO31
(BO31)
• Accession: D1996-0105.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual