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Horse Chestnut (Aesculus Hippocastanum) Pack of 4 Cell Grown 2040cm
Our RHS Aesculus hippocastanum is a large deciduous tree commonly known as Horsechestnut or Conker tree. The flowers are usually white with a small red spot; they are produced in spring in erect panicles 1030 cm tall with about 2050 flowers on each panicle. Usually only 15 fruit develop on each panicle; the fruit is a green softly spiky capsule containing one (rarely two or three) nutlike seeds called conkers or horsechestnuts. Each conker is 24 cm diameter glossy nutbrown with a whitish scar at the base.