A majestic tree with a broad, dense crown and spectacular spring panicles of white flowers. Ideal for avenues and large parks.
The quintessential monumental tree of historic squares and avenues, the horse chestnut casts some of the coolest, densest shade of any species. It performs best in wide spaces with deep soil, where its white candle-like spring blossom becomes an event for citizens and pollinators alike.
Its conkers are inedible, but generations kept them in their pockets as a charm against rheumatism; today the aescin they contain is genuinely used in pharmacy for circulatory disorders.
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