Ungnadia speciosa, horse chestnut
Category: Trees
Family: Sapindaceae
Origin: Texas
Evergreen: no
Flower Color: purple
Bloom Time: spring
Height: 8 to 12 ft
Width: 8 - 12 ft
Exposure: part sun to shade
Irrigation: low to medium
Cold Hardiness: 10 F
Description: This little tree is very versatile. It does well in part sun where it is shrubby to part shade where it is more of a trunked tree. It's very drought tolerant. Purple axillary flowers similar to a redbud's will emerge in early spring before foliage. In fall after foliage has dropped, black seed pods will cling to the branches.
Links:wildflower.org plants.USDA.gov
Family: Sapindaceae
Origin: Texas
Evergreen: no
Flower Color: purple
Bloom Time: spring
Height: 8 to 12 ft
Width: 8 - 12 ft
Exposure: part sun to shade
Irrigation: low to medium
Cold Hardiness: 10 F
Description: This little tree is very versatile. It does well in part sun where it is shrubby to part shade where it is more of a trunked tree. It's very drought tolerant. Purple axillary flowers similar to a redbud's will emerge in early spring before foliage. In fall after foliage has dropped, black seed pods will cling to the branches.
Links:wildflower.org plants.USDA.gov
