I am quite proud of this horse chestnut flower. It was the first and only time my chestnut tree in a pot flowered, after 15 years. I planted a chestnut I found fallen from a tree in our village and it began to grow. The flower only happened once. Unfortunately the plant no longer exists. I did not have the room for it, but who knows, perhaps I might grow one again.
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I admire anyone who grows trees from seeds/pods/etc. Oh the satisfaction you must have felt when it bloomed. It looks like the bees would love it.
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I have often done it, just out of curiosity
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I also look forward to having one in my garden.Flowers are so lovely.
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i will be glad when Spring arrives and we again have flowers in the garden.
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Wow, it is white! The few horsechestnuts that I have encountered all bloom pinkish red. They are very rare here, and European. In fact, I know Aesculus carnea, which is one of only two species that is very rarely used in landscapes, as the English horsechestnut or English buckeye. The only other species is Aesculus californica, which is the native California buckeye, which grows wild here, but is rare in landscapes. It defoliates both for winter, and for the middle of summer, and foliates for spring and autumn, which is weird, . . . and not very pretty. The bloom is white, but rather pale. I happen to like it, but would not recommend it to others. There are several other North American buckeyes, but I have never met one, and I doubt that any are as colorful as the English buckeye.
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The mother tree was white. We get both here, white and pink. They are quite common in avenues. Mine no longer exists, but I might try again to plant a seed and see what happens.
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I could send seeds from ours, but they are not as pretty. In fact, they would look odd there, as they defoliate for summer.
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wow, that is truly special!
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It just grew but was getting quite big and eventually it flowered, which I never expected. Unfortunately it now longer exists, but I might plant one again.
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