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Horse Chestnut vs Gray DogwoodAesculus hippocastanum Cornus racemosa
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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.
Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter. HORSE CHESTNUT QUICK FACTSGRAY DOGWOOD QUICK FACTS
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Zone:
3a
Zone:
4a
Height:
12 m (39 ft)
Height:
3 m (10 ft)
Spread:
4 m (12 ft)
Spread:
3 m (10 ft)
Moisture:
normal
Moisture:
any
Light:
partial shade, full sun
Light:
any
Fall colour:
yellow to orange
Fall colour:
deep, reddish puple
Nuts:
large nuts within spiky capsules. Slightly poisonous to eat
Growth rate:
medium
Growth rate:
slow
Life span:
medium
Life span:
medium
Maintenance:
medium
Maintenance:
low
Suckering:
none
Suckering:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Pollution tolerance:
low
Toxicity: raw Horse Chestnut seed, leaf, bark and flower is toxic if ingested due to the presence of esculin.
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: yes
Ships To Canada:
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