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Horse Chestnut Tree - Description
- Bare Root Horse Chestnut Tree
- Latin Name: Aesculus Hippocastanum
- Native Irish Plant
- Bare Root Plant
- Size: 2 - 3 Foot (60 - 80cm)
- Fast Growing & Hardy Tree
Horse Chestnut Tree - Characteristics
- Large deciduous tree
- Flowering tree: Spring flowering
- Fruit: Conkers
- Habit: Stately tree with large dome canopy
- Foliage: Palmate compound
- Leaves can reach up to 2ft in width
- Deciduous tree, they lose their leaves in Winter
- Mature size: Can reach 40m in height
- Growth rate: Fast
- Very hardy tree
Delivery - Important Note - Please Read
- We can only deliver orders of this product by Fastway couriers
- Please do not choose DPD as your courier for orders containing this item
Horse Chestnut Tree - Uses
- Ideal for large gardens
- Popular street & park tree
- Excellent for carbon storage
- Considered our best native tree to absorb carbon from the atmosphere
- Plant to offset carbon footprint & reverse climate change
- Great trees for fast results
- Quick to establish & fast growing
- Suited to poorer soils or wet soils
- Grow to form wind barriers & visual barriers
Horse Chestnut Tree - Planting Instructions
Planting Time
- Ideally, plant as soon as arrive
- Avoid frosty conditions, where the ground is frozen
- These saplings will establish fast
Positioning Trees
- Position in a sunny spot
- Soil: Happy in all soils
- When planting, hold plants at ground level & back fill the top soil
- Ensure each plant is straight & soil is compacted in around it's root ball
- Level off the soil around the plants
- Support with bamboo cane for first 2 years
- Replace cane with larger stake when required
After Care
- Water before & after planting
- Weeding is also essential, especially bind weed which can quickly smoother a young tree
- Keep grass growth away from the base of trees to ensure a faster growth rate
- Avoid strimming around the base of trees
Horse Chestnut Tree - Quick Facts
- These trees get their name from their distinctive marking where leaf petiole joins main stem
- You can see a horseshoe shape with '7 nails'
- Also called the Anne Frank Tree, as she refers to it in her diary
- Believed to have many medicinal benefits including preventing kidney failure
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Note: We don't ship plants on Fridays due to the extended period they would remain without light & water
Shipping Options & Rates
FOR IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND
- Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (3-4 Working Days)
- Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
- Free Delivery on Orders Above €75
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Courier Delivery With Fastway (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €5 extra for express delivery
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Delivery With DPD (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €11.45 for orders below €75
- Cost is €6.50 for orders above €75
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This services comes with email tracking
- 'Seed' Postal Delivery Option ***
- Cost is €2 - Packet of Seeds ONLY Orders
- Note: Does Not Apply to Seed Potatoes, Bulbs or Sets ***
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This is a non-trackable service
MAINLAND ENGLAND & SCOTLAND & WALES (Currently Unavailable Due to Brexit)
- Standard International Courier
- Cost is €10
- UK shipping fee covers parcels up to a total weight of 20Kg
WESTERN EUROPE & WORLDWIDE
- Standard International Courier
- Delivery rates vary, please see chart below
- Note: There is no free delivery for Western Europe Deliveries
Bulk Bags & Large Item Pallet Deliveries
- Bulk bags & large orders are shipped via pallet couriers on a rigid lorry
- Delivery is to kerbside only
- If road access to your site is tight, then please advise us before purchasing
- Please Note: We cannot guarantee next day delivery on pallet deliveries
- Also, we cannot guarantee delivery on a specific day (Please allow 1-3 days for delivery)
- It's always best to order well in advance to avoid disappointment
- Cancellation of pallets when items are already in transit will incur a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee (To cover return delivery costs)
- Where pallet delivery can not be made due to site access, a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee will apply (To cover return delivery costs)
International Delivery Prices & Times
- Please note max weights below, heavier orders may require additional payment
- We will contact you to discuss, if max weight of order exceeded
Terms
- The shipping fee is fixed for an order, regardless of the number of items bought
- All courier orders require signed proof of delivery & the customer must be contactable by phone
- We do not offer a weekend delivery service (Mon-Fri Only excl. Bank Holidays)
- * Our courier achieves a 98% success rate on next day deliveries
- Once your parcel is shipped it will be placed on works courier's next day delivery service
- ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
- *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets
