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    AESCULUS
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    AESCULUS

    Commonly known as Buckeye, Horse chestnut

    The horse chestnut, or buckeye, is a genus of about 15 species of deciduous trees and shrubs from southeastern Europe, the Himalayas, eatern Asia and North America.

    Striking for their large flower spikes in candles most are too large for average gardens and are popular street  and park trees.

    The common "hippocastanum" was brought into the UK from Turkey in the late 16th century.

    They provide nectar and pollen for insects, particularly bees, and the fruit "conker" is eaten by mammals.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Deciduous
    • Tall Shrub
    • Tree
    • harmful if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, notably dogs
    • Bee friendly
    View Planting Tips and Care Advice
    Aesculus - Growing Guide
    Shrubs - Care Guide

    Varieties
    AESCULUS x arnoldiana 'Autumn Splendour'
    Pale yellow flowers with yellow to pink throats. Deep green, glossy palmate leaves turning red in autumn
     
    2 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS chinensis
    Small white flowers in long racemes on this slow growing and rare species
     
    3 - 5 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS 'Chocolate Autumn'
    Buckeye
    White flowers. Leaves turn chocolate-brown in autumn
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS flava
    Sweet buckeye
    Yellow flowers and good autumn tints
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £30.00 £25.00
    AESCULUS flava f.vestita
    Large, upright panicles of pale-yellow flowers, good autumn tints
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £30.00 £25.00
    AESCULUS glabra 'April Wine'
    Young leaves a deep wine-red. Pale yellow flowers. A small growing from suitable for smaller gardens
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS glabra 'October Red'
    Buckeye, Ohio buckeye
    Pale, cream flowers in spring. New leaves have coppery tint. Bright red in autumn
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS indica
    Indian horse chestnut
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS indica 'Sydney Pearce'
    Indian horse chestnut
    Large panicles of white flowers which are marked with yellow and suffused with pink to make an attractive display
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS x mutabilis 'Induta'
    Dwarf horse chestnut
    Upright panicles of apricot flowers with yellow markings. Good autumn colour
     
    2 Litre
    £30.00 £25.00
    AESCULUS x neglecta 'Autumn Fire'
    Coppery young foliage and orange-red autumn colour
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS x neglecta 'Erythroblastos'
    Sunrise horse chestnut
    Red leaf stalks and leaves that unfold a spectacular cream and bright pink. They then become yellow and turn green by midsummer
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00
    AESCULUS parviflora
    Bottlebrush buckeye, Dwarf horse chestnut
    Rare spreading shrub growing up to 2.5 metres high & forming thickets from suckering. Good autumn colour
     
    5 Litre
    £40.00 £35.00
    AESCULUS pavia 'Atrosanguinea'
    New leaves tinted bronze. Upright panicles of pink-red flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £35.00 £30.00

    Useful extras...

    Garden Goodies
    Slate Tie-on Plant Labels
    Hand made in Cornwall, these delightful natural slate labels are perfect for pots. Comes with chalk pen. Pack of 5
    Tie in slate labels
    £10.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Tomatoes
    AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
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