Family trees no.21 , Harriet Duchess of Buccleuch in the moonlight under a horse chestnut tree* - Tessa Traeger, 2022.
British , b. 1938 -
Archival giclee print , 84 x 60 cm . 33 x 23.5 in. Ed. 5.
* Dusk photograph of the tallest horse chestnut tree in the park with the moon above and a painting of Harriet, Duchess of Buccleuch 1773-1814 by George Henry Harlow below.
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Mary Cassatt (US 1844-1926)
Under the Horse Chestnut Tree (1897)
Drypoint and aquatint on green paper
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Spring leaves by Bahi
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Aesculus hippocastanum and Aesculus × carnea (European horse chestnut tree and hybrid red chestnut tree - var. ‘Briotii')
I think horse chestnuts are one of the most beautiful of all flowering trees. The white and pink flowers in the first photo belong to the common European horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum. This species can grow 130 feet tall and live for 300 years - something to consider if you were thinking of planting one in your garden. Then of course there’s all those leaves in the autumn - horse chestnuts can be a bit messy.
The vivid red and pink flowers of the third photo belong to another creation from some plant breeders imagination. The red chestnut variety 'Briotii' is a cross between a European horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, and a smaller North American species with red flowers called Aesculus pavia (red buckeye). This cultivar only grows to about 40 feet in height and I’ve seen many a baby Briotii popping up as an ornamental boulevard tree in my ever expanding Vancouver suburb.
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horse chestnut tree you will always be famous to me
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Horse chestnut is native to the Balkan Peninsula. It was first introduced to the UK from Turkey in the late 16th century and widely planted. Though rarely found in woodland, it is a common sight in parks, gardens, streets and on village greens. Conkers cover the tree in autumn.
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Grand Duchess Anastasia, Tatiana and Maria Nikolaevna of Russia under a horse-chestnut tree
Russian vintage postcard
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Horse chestnut in bloom. We used to call the panicles of bloom ‘candles’. TIL the native home of the species is in southeastern Europe and anywhere else it’s found it was put there by people.
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