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Horse Chestnut vs Gray DogwoodAesculus hippocastanum Cornus racemosa ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW
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.
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
Fall colour:
yellow to orange
Fall colour:
deep, reddish puple
Nuts:
large spiky nuts
Growth rate:
medium
Growth rate:
slow
Maintenance:
medium
Maintenance:
low
Pollution tolerance:
high
Pollution tolerance:
low
Toxicity: most parts of plant are toxic |