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Aesculus × carnea 'Big Boy'
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Common name:
Big Boy red horse-chestnut
Family:
Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution:
hybrid: selection of Aesculus hippocastanum × A. pavia
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A deciduous tree of medium size growing about 30' tall and nearly as wide with an upright rounded habit. Leaves are dark green in summer turning reddish in the fall. Most years this tree is susceptible to a defoliating leaf blotch.
Locations
1:
MAG: CF13
(CF13)
• Accession: D1991-0070.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
STC: AC15
(AC15)
• Accession: D1991-0070.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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