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| name = Aesculus chinensis
|familia=Hippocastanaceae
| common_names = Chinese Horse-chestnut
|genus=Aesculus
| growth_habit =     <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=chinensis
| high =     <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Chinese horse chestnut
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit=tree
| poisonous = seeds slightly toxic
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht box=90
| exposure = full sun
|Max ht metric=ft
| water =     <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max wd box=35
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|poisonous=seeds slightly toxic
| sunset_zones = not available
|lifespan=perennial
| color = IndianRed
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|exposure=sun
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_caption =     <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|features=flowers
| regnum = Plantae
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|flowers=white
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|Temp Metric=°F
|ordo = Sapindales
|min_zone=6
|familia = Sapindaceae
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|genus = Aesculus
|max_zone=9
|species = chinensis
|sunset_zones=not available
|image=AesculusChinensis.jpg
|image_width=200
}}
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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.
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.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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Latest revision as of 20:31, 20 November 2010

 Aesculus chinensis subsp. var.  Chinese horse chestnut
The query description has an empty condition.: tree
Height: to
Width: to
90ft 35ft
Height: The wikipage input value is empty (e.g. <code>SomeProperty::, [[]]</code>) and therefore it cannot be used as a name or as part of a query condition. to 90 ft
Width: The wikipage input value is empty (e.g. <code>SomeProperty::, [[]]</code>) and therefore it cannot be used as a name or as part of a query condition. to 35 ft
The query description has an empty condition.: perennial
Origin:
Poisonous: seeds slightly toxic
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
The query description has an empty condition.: sun
The query description has an empty condition.:
Features: flowers
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Minimum Temp: °F
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Sunset Zones: not available
Flower features: white
Hippocastanaceae > Aesculus chinensis var. ,



Describe plant here...


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.


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