| Description | A hybrid red Horsechestnut with showy pink flowers. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (es-KU-lus)(KAR-nee-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | reddish pink flowers with a yellow throat borne on panicles |
| Leaves | dark green, opposite, palmately compound, usually 5 leaflets, leaflets serrated |
| Dimensions | 35 feet tall to 25 feet wide, rounded, slow growing |
| Cultivar Origin | Selected at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. about 1991. A hybrid between A. pavia and A. hippocastanum |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr),#93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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