Aesculus flava 'Vestita' Wind cathedral-effect canopy

cathedral-effect canopy

Good for avenues

Best planted with some shelter from cold winds

Good on chalk

Flowering dogwoods are experts at producing a sensational spring flower show

Aesculus flava 'Vestita' Wind cathedral-effect canopyThis cultivar is a clone of A. flava f. vestita from the NAKB in The Netherlands. It was taken from a tree in the Zuiderpark (The Hague, NL). It grows into a medium sized tree with a wide conical crown that becomes spherical with age. It can reach 18 m or even 25 m in height. The leaves are palmate with 5 or 7 leaflets, 15 cm across, and dark green. They are not very hairy underneath, unlike the typical A. flava f. vestita. They turn yellow violet in