Red Horsechestnut
- Botanical Name
- Aesculus x carnea
- Min Zone
- 5
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 30 to 40 feet
- Width
- 30 to 40 feet
- Flowers
- Panicle, 6 to 10 inches, pink to red
- Fruit
- Glossy brown nuts in prickly capsules
- Fall Color
- Brown
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- More tolerant of dry soils than horsechestnut, but still grows best in moist soil
- Taproot makes transplanting difficult and recovery from tranplanting slow
- Large spiny fruits can be messy
- Problems
- Sunscald on trunk; leaf, twig and fruit litter
- Varieties
- Briotti - 25 to 35 feet tall and wide, birght rose red flowers with yellow throats
- Fort McNair - 30 feet tall and wide, pink flowers with yellow throats
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