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Aesculus x carnea |
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Red Horsechestnut,
Ruby Horsechestnut |
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Hybrid Origin |
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Height: 50-70 feet Spread 30-50 feet |
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Pink to red flower
clusters that are about 10 inches tall. The
flowers have a red throat when fully open |
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May |
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Leaves: opposite,
palmately compound, usually 5 leaflets, 5-9
inches long.
Leaflets: 3-6 inches long, obovate and curved
from base to middle of leaflet, coarsely
double-toothed, apex pointed, base wedge-shaped,
slightly pubescent below. |
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Terminal bud ¾
inches long and somewhat sticky. |
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Capsule, brown, 1½
inches across, rounded, somewhat prickly. |
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- 'Plantierensis' - Damask Horsechestnut -
flower clusters are covered with light pink
flowers with a red or yellow throat and are
moderately tight. They are lighter colored
when fully open than the species or the
variety 'Briotii '. Also the leaves usually
have 7 leaflets while those of the species
have 5-7 leaflets. Consequently, the species
and these two varieties offer flowers of 3
different shades of pink to red.
- 'Briotti' - larger and brighter red
flowers than the species.
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Originating as a
hybrid of
A.
hippocastanum x
A. pavia |
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