Ruby-red Horsechestnut

This large ornamental and edible-nut tree: a long-lived landscape specimen providing dense shade, fragrant catkin flowers in early summer, and edible chestnuts in autumn on a stately, broad-canopied framework.

• Upright, oval, rounded crown.
• Large buds are dark brown, and are quite sticky in early spring.
• Green compound leaves emerge in the spring, each with 7 spreading oblong leaflets.
• Fall colour usually consists of undistinguished shades of yellow and brown.
• A beautiful tree for parks and large lawns with its distinctive flowers.
• Commonly used for specimen.
• Grows best in full sun to partial shade.