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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Memmingeri'
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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
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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
Area
Individual