Red Horse Chestnut Seeds
Aesculus carnea
£6.33 – £48.90
The Aesculus carnea, or Red Horse Chestnut, is a hybrid tree celebrated for its beautiful pink to red flowers. Growing from seeds, it offers a blend of ornamental beauty and resilience, making it a prized addition to diverse UK gardens.
- ✓ Grow your own majestic Red Horse Chestnut tree from seed and enjoy its stunning pink flower spikes, perfect for any garden or landscape setting.
- ✓ These easy-to-grow seeds produce a beautiful deciduous tree with attractive foliage, making it a lovely ornamental addition to your outdoor space.
- ✓ Red Horse Chestnut trees are low-maintenance and adaptable, thriving in various soil types and conditions, making them ideal for novice gardeners.
- ✓ Aesculus carnea seeds are harvested from mature, healthy trees to ensure the highest quality and germination rates for optimal growing success.
- ✓ Quality UK seed stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
Red Horse Chestnut Seeds, sourced from the splendid Aesculus carnea, offer gardeners in the UK an opportunity to cultivate a tree renowned for its striking floral display and robust stature. This hybrid, known for its vibrant pink to red flower clusters, is a cross between the common Horse Chestnut and the Red Buckeye.
It’s an excellent choice for those seeking a tree with ornamental appeal and practical benefits. The Red Horse Chestnut is adaptable to various soil types, thriving best in well-drained, fertile soils. It prefers full sun to partial shade and is resistant to the leaf miner, a common pest in its Horse Chestnut parent.
The tree’s compact and rounded form makes it suitable for both small and large garden spaces. Its glossy, dark green leaves, which turn a rich yellow in autumn, add to its year-round interest.
Natural Germination: Red Horse Chestnut seeds typically require a period of cold stratification to break dormancy. Planting the seeds outdoors in autumn allows them to undergo natural cold conditions, promoting germination in spring.
Artificial Stratification: For controlled germination, place the seeds in a moist substrate and refrigerate for about 2-3 months. This simulates the natural cold period, preparing the seeds for successful germination when planted in warmer conditions.
Scarification
Soak in water for 24 hours
Cold Stratification
Cold stratify for 90 days
Germinate
Expect about 91% germinancy
Difficulty Level
Easy
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
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Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £0.95 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | |
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | This item |
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £4.49 (Flat) | This item |
Medium Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £28.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcel Force) | £24.95 (Flat) | |
Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.