Ruby Red Horse Chestnut

The ruby horse chestnut is a medium to large tree, reaching from 40 to 60 feet in height at maturity. It has gray-green bark and dark, palmately compound, deciduous leaves, which are dark green above and silvery below. Its foliage turns bright yellow in fall. Upright panicles of deep rose flowers, nearly red, appear in the spring. These are followed by gray-green fruit, each bearing two large seeds.

Category: Ornamental Tree
Botanical name: Aesculus x carnea
Height: 30-40
Width: 25-30
Water requirements: Medium
Sunlight: Full sun
Lowest hardiness zone for growth: 4
Shape: rounded
Growth rate: slow
Bloom time: May to June
Level of maintenance: Medium
Potential diseases: Bleeding canker, Guignardia, Wood rotting fungs, scale,leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella, a leaf mining moth.Phytophthora bleeding canker, a fungal infection