
Horsechestnut
- Botanical Name
- Aesculus hippocastanum
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 7
- Height
- 50 to 75 feet
- Width
- 40 to 70 feet
- Flowers
- May: white, panicle
- Fruit
- Spiny husk enclosing 2" dehiscent capsule containing 1 or 2 horsechestnuts (seeds)
- Light
- Full sun to light shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Best to transplant as balled and burlap
- Avoid droughty soils
- Problems
- Scorch and leaf drop in drought, leaf blotch, mildew, anthracnose, fruit litter
- Varieties
- Baumannii - long lasting double white flowers, fruitless
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