Family: sapindaceae
Common name(s): Common horsechestnut; European horsechestnut
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 3~4 - 6~8
General resources
Links for Aesculus hippocastanum
- BBC Gardening - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses.
(1 photo)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 3-6)
(25 photos)
- Denver Botanic Gardens - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (zone 4)
(1 photo)
- Floridata - Illustrated informative profile page with notes on culture, usage, and noteworthy features.
(2 photos)
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile
(20 photos)
- Illinois Wildflowers - Informative illustrated page with description and cultivation details, also covering range and faunal associations.
(5 photos)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 3-8)
(12 photos). Also a page for 'Baumannii'.
- Missouri Plants - Description and photographs of botanical features, with notes about habitat and native status.
(10 photos)
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 4-7)
(7 photos)
- Trees and Shrubs Online - Reference page curated by the International Dendrology Society with descriptive characteristics and horticultural notes.
(27 photos)
- Virginia Tech Dendrology - Factsheet with botanical characteristics and photos of various features. (zone 3-7)
(6 photos)
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