Chinese Horse-chestnut

Plant Characteristics

Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	90 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 90.
Width:	⇔	35 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		6 to 9
Flower features:	❀	white

Scientific Names

Hippocastanaceae >

Aesculus >

chinensis >

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Poisonous:	☠	seeds slightly toxic

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Sunset Zones:		not available

Scientific Names

Sapindaceae >

Aesculus >

chinensis >

Read about Chinese Horse-chestnut in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aesculus chinensis, Bunge. Tree, to 60 ft.: lfts. 5-7, short-stalked, oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at the base, glabrous beneath, except sparingly hairy on the veins, closely serrulate, 4-7 in. long: fls. less than 1/2in. long, white, in elongated cylindric panicles: fr. subglobose, slightly depressed at the apex, with thick walls: seeds 1 in. across or less with the hilum occupying about one-half of the seed. May, June. N. China.—Recently intro. by the Arnold Arboretum and probably hardy N. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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