A very hardy plant with slow growth, it prefers full sunlight. This plant is suitable for large gardens, for creating shrubland and woods (several varieties together) and for broad avenues and squares.This deciduous tree is erect in its youth; later, its branches, closely spaced, fan out, forming a very wide ovate canopy. Its alternate leaves are deeply lobed, pointed at the apex, bright green, and lighter on the undersides; they turn yellow in autumn. The flowers are not showy, followed by fruits resembling small nuts, visible when the woody, prickly but not stinging husk containing them splits open. It’s not very demanding in terms of soil but prefers deep, non-compact, fresh, and fertile soils, even those with limestone. It performs best in areas where summers are cool and humid and winters are cold but not freezing.