Red Horse Chestnut Aesculus carnea

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Botanical Name:

Aesculus carnea

Family:

Sapindaceae

Genus:

Aesculus

Species:

carnea

Common Name:

Red Horse Chestnut

Height:
30 - 40ft
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern

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  • Aesculus carnea

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Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow 1-2" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification.
:
Aesculus × carnea, commonly called red horse chestnut, is the result of a cross between A. hippocastanum and A. pavia that was discovered in Europe.
Even though this is a hybrid tree, the parent tree produces viable seeds and new plants will generally come true from seed.