Japanese Horsechestnut

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Beech Collection

Source of plant

Eastern Plant Specialists

Description

Tree to 30 m, occasionally to 40 m in its native habitat, narrowly upright and slow-growing; winter buds resinous, leaves very large (the largest of the genus), leaflets 5-7, cuneate-oblong, 20-30 cm long, serrate, bluish beneath, frequently with pubescent venation. Flowers borne in 15-25 cm long panicles, petals yellowish-white with red spots, borne in June, 2-3 weeks after A. hippocastanum. Fruit star-shaped, rough or warty.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6