Aesculus

Known as Buckeye and Chestnut. A wide range of plants, many are large trees but some are superb flowering specimen shrubs. They all have "horse-chestnut" compound leaves, are suitable for most good soils and tolerant of chalk.

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Aesculus californica 'Blue Haze'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(California Buckeye) Aesculus californica 'Blue Haze' is an unusual large shrub or eventually small branching tree with large dark green leaves and spikes of slightly fragranrt, handsome white flowers in early summer. The leaves have bronze/yellow tints before falling in autumn. Best flower display once established if planted in a sunny position with...

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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Laciniata'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Cut-leaf Horse Chestnut) An unusual form of our native horse chestnut with interesting, exceptionally deeply cut leaves. These leaves are dark green in spring and summer and can turn butter yellow in a good, crisp autumn. Upright panicles of attractive white flowers appear on the branches of established plants in late spring. A very handsome, slow...

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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Rowel Pillar'

BlueBell Nursery

£65.00

(Fastigiate Chestnut) A very rare and slender, small or eventually medium sized tree with large 5 - 7 lobed dark green summer leaves which turn shades of yellow and bronze before falling in autumn. Very limited number of young plants available this year.

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Aesculus indica 'Sidney Pearce'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Indian Chestnut) Particularly desirable flowering selection of Aesculus indica which was first selected by Sidney Pearce, the Assistant Curator at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in 1935. Masses of very upright panicles of long, white, suffused-pink flowers with yellow markings in midsummer. Large dark green deeply lobed leaves. Aesculus indica 'Sidney...

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Aesculus pavia 'Atrosanguinea'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Red Buckeye) A beautiful small tree with slender, upright panicles of deep scarlet red flowers up to 10 - 15 cm long in early summer. This is slow growing and has a reasonably bushy habit, making it suitable for planting in large containers and also makes a fine large shrub or small garden tree. Very limited availability this year

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Aesculus pavia 'Koehnei'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Dwarf Buckeye) Charming, rare and very slow growing cultivar which is covered with upright panicles of rose-pink flowers in early summer. The leaves are bronze coloured when they first emerge in spring, turning light green in late spring and summer. Once established Aesculus pavia 'Koehnei' has quite an architectural appeal, looking a little like a...

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Aesculus pavia 'Splendens'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Scarlet Buckeye) Perhaps the most handsome of the flowering Buckeyes, this is an unusual and slow growing, large shrub once established which has impressive, long (10 - 20 cm) panicles of scarlet flowers in late spring / early summer. The vivid flower colour contrasts well against the dark green foliage. Most suited for a position in sun or dappled...

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Aesculus pavia 'Spring Purple'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Red Buckeye) A unusual and slow growing plant which gradually develops into a medium sized to large rounded shrub in time with excellent, long lasting purple and bronze young leaves in spring. The slow growing nature makes this beautiful shrub suitable for gardens of nearly any size or for growing in a large containers.

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Aesculus x mutabilis 'Penduliflora'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Horse chestnut) A rare and slow growing small tree with eye-catching pendulous branches once established and spikes of red and yellow flowers in late spring or early summer. Dark green summer leaves with yellow and orange tints before they fall in autumn. Not for instant gratification, this is best suited for a position in sun or dappled shade with some...

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Aesculus x neglecta 'Autumn Fire'

BlueBell Nursery

£49.95

(Yellow Horse chestnut) A small tree native to the SE United States, Aesculus x neglecta 'Autumn Fire' has leaves which are a coppery colour in spring turning dark green later and glowing red-orange in autumn. Very limited number of young plants available this year.

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