Aesculus x carnea
Red horse-chestnut · also Flowering horse-chestnut
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Aesculus x carnea, or red horse-chestnut, is an artificial hybrid tree with a round head, growing up to 50 feet tall and wide. It features showy red flowers in spring, followed by leathery fruit capsules in fall. This deciduous tree provides dense shade, thrives in moist, cool, well-drained soils, tolerates some drought, but can suffer from leaf scorch in hot, dry climates; its nuts are poisonous.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 4,2231.8%—7.5 in
- 4,1380.95%42 yr11 in
- 2,6570.39%—2.4 in
- 2,1660.19%—5.3 in
- 6540.33%6.7 yr2.6 in
- 6241.8%—17 in
- 4170.15%29 yr9.8 in
- 3220.10%—3.0 in
- 2530.14%—6.5 in
- 2330.03%—5.0 in
- 2160.08%—2.0 in
- 1750.08%—7.0 in
- 1140.08%17 yr5.0 in
- 1130.03%4.9 yr2.0 in
- 750.09%—1.2 in
- 590.38%20 yr8.3 in
- 540.07%—27 in
- 340.03%2.1 yr3.6 in
- 330.07%17 yr—
- 140.03%—2.0 in
- 110.09%2.8 yr2.0 in
- 100.04%—7.3 in
- 90.02%—4.3 in
- 80.00%35 yr7.5 in
- 10.00%—4.7 in
- 10.00%—9.8 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 30–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–50 ft
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.3 in, mean 8.6 in, 90th percentile 19 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Aesculus in the catalogue
15 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
