ORNAMENTAL QUALITIES IN INFLORESCENCES AND FLOWERS OF AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM L.
The paper presents some results of morphometric signs in inflorescences and flowers of a horse-chestnut in the urbanized environment of Bryansk region. Whereby this, some valuable indicators are allocated by estimation of ornamental qualities in some forms of horse-chestnut, such as: length of inflorescences, quantity of flowers in an inflorescence, diameter of flowers, coloring of petals of a flower, as well as blossoming duration. Recommendations on how to use a horse-chestnut in landscape architecture are offered.