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Horse Chestnut vs Black LocustAesculus hippocastanum Robinia pseudoacacia ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW SOLD OUT 
Horse Chestnut is a medium sized deciduous tree that is native to Greece but has been grown in North America for hundreds of years. It produces large nuts. A top CO2 absorbing species. Experts think this tree may help climate change more than others.
Black Locust is an attractive tree. Its distinctive leaves are made of about a dozen bright green leaflets. It also notable for its fragrant white flowers, which smell of citrus. HORSE CHESTNUT QUICK FACTSBLACK LOCUST QUICK FACTS
Fall colour:
yellow to orange
Flowers:
Creamy white flowers in a pyramidal shape bloom in may-june
Bark:
dark reddish brown to balck with furrows
Nuts:
large nuts within spiky capsules. Slightly poisonous to eat
Growth rate:
medium
Growth rate:
fast
Maintenance:
medium
Maintenance:
low
Pollution tolerance:
high
Pollution tolerance:
high
Toxicity: raw Horse Chestnut seed, leaf, bark and flower is toxic if ingested due to the presence of esculin.
Other Names:
false acacia, yellow locust
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