Aesculus x carnea 'BRIOTII' red horse chestnut
size/type
medium-sized tree,medium-sized tree
usual height
6-15m
usual width
6-10m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
May
location
full to partial sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Red horse chestnut is a fantastic tree which is usually planted in large gardens and parks, and as a street tree. Although, this hybrid grows a little slower (30 cm a year) making some 6x4m when 20 years old.Briotti is a popular variety with big, upright panicles of deep pink flowers with a distinct yellow throat, and blooms in May for nearly a month. The flowers sit in the tree like candles on a Christmas tree. Fruits are well-known chestnuts, hidden in spiny capsules.
Glossy leaves are palmate, dark green and fortunately fully or at least more resistant to chestnut leaf minor (cameraria ohridella), i.e. insect which starts eating the leaves of the parent species beginning of summer and by the end of August all leaves are rusty brown and dead. Pruning is recommended if you want to keep it smaller, do so at the end of winter.
The crown is pyramidal when young, changing to somewhat rounded with age, more compact than its parent, casting a deep shade. This chestnut likes deep and fertile soil but will grow almost anywhere, even in slightly chalky soil. Fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5) but is expected to cope with lower temperatures, too.
Last update 20-01-2008.
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
