印度馬栗

The foliage is noticeably fuller and healthier than my old European chestnut, even during last month's heatwave. Thrilled this Indian variety handles our humid summers so well, with zero signs of disease so far.

Planted this in early spring and it’s already showing strong growth, even through our first heatwave. The foliage looks healthier than any horse chestnut I’ve tried before, with no signs of the usual leaf blotch.

Planted this in late summer and it’s already pushing new growth with no signs of leaf blotch, which my old European chestnut struggled with every year. The heat tolerance is the real selling point—we hit 95°F for weeks and it didn’t drop a single leaf.