HINTS - Number 16 Set 3

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Family: Hippocastanaceae (Horse Chestnut family)
Slow growing (12 - 15 feet tall after 20 years)
Broadly globus
Uses as specimen, border

Native to southeast USA/coastal plain

Susceptible to serious leaf spot disease in some areas

Leaf:
palmately compound
Obovate
5 leaflets
Irregularly serrate margins
Yellow fall color
Leafs drop early

Flowers:
Dark red tubular terminal flowers on terminal panicles
Scarlet red (sometimes yellow or red/yellow if seedling)

Fruits:
Tan , not showy, about the size of a walnut