Common Name: Type: Family: Native Range: Zone: Height: Spread: Bloom Time: Bloom Description: Sun: Water: Maintenance: Suggested Use: Flower: Attracts: Fruit: Tolerate: |
red buckeye Aesculus pavia Deciduous shrub Sapindaceae North America 4 to 8 12.00 to 15.00 feet 12.00 to 15.00 feet April to May Bright red Full sun to part shade Medium Medium Flowering Tree, Rain Garden Showy Hummingbirds Showy Clay Soil |
Aesculus pavia, commonly called red buckeye, is a deciduous clump-forming shrub or small tree with an irregular rounded crown. It typically grows 10-20’ tall. Showy, erect, 4-10” long panicles of red to orange-red, narrow-tubular flowers appear in spring. Palmately compound, shiny, dark green leaves are attractive in spring and early summer, but usually begin to decline by August. Smooth, light brown, globular (1-2” diameter) seed capsules encase 1-3 shiny seeds called buckeyes that ripen in the fall. Seeds are poisonous and are avoided by most wildlife. Fall foliage color is unremarkable. Red buckeye is native to east Texas where it typically occurs in low rich wooded valleys, at bluff bases, on wooded slopes and along streams. Flowers are attractive to ruby-throated hummingbirds. |
Information on this page is from Missouri Botanical Gardens, Dave’s Garden, All things Plants, Texas Superstar or Aggie Horticulture |
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