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HORSE CHESTNUT - The horse chestnut (AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM) coMEs from Eastern Europe and the Caucuses.
STYLE : suited to every style, except formal upright and broom.
WARNING : One of the few trees best grown from seed as it is fast growing and will help to avoid ugly scars.
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HORSE CHESTNUT - REPOT : Every 2-3 years
SOIL : 80% humus rich soil and 20% coarse sand.
PRUNE : Limit branch PRUNING to a minimum as Horse Chestnut does not easily form scar tissue.
PINCH: SHAPE the tree by trimming SHOOTS removing apical BUD>BUDs during winter dormancy. To stimulate new (and smaller) leaf growth cut stalks of larger LEAVES back to about one third of length.
WATER : Water well in growing season, sparingly in winter.
FEED : Apply BALANCED FEED every 15-20 days throiughout the growing season, stopping for about a month in mid sumMEr.
WARNING : Do not allow soil to dry out while in bud, otherwise buds will drop. Protect from frost to avoid DIE-BACK or flower damage. Picture courtesy of British BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI.
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