I do not see many horse chestnuts in home landscapes and your tree is a beautiful specimen. It appears that your tree is suffering from a common fungal disease called horse chestnut leaf blotch.

Leaves: Deciduous; oppositely arranged; palmately compound leaves; 5 obovate leaflets with lobed, serrate margins. Twigs and buds: Glabrous; stout; reddish-brown; have prominent horse-shoe-shaped leaf ...

I love big, old trees! Something about them is magical. Each year we plant more trees and care for them. Watching them grow and caring about them is part of a gardener’s existence. Recently, our ...

Cameraria ohridella, an invasive moth species, has emerged as a significant pest affecting horse chestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum) across Europe. The larvae of this leaf miner penetrate and feed ...

Wivenhoe Town Council has been trying for years to cut down the Old King George oak, near Colchester, as well as a nearby ...

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