Red Buckeye

Tagged as: Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees

Botanical Name:  Aesculus pavia
Common Name: Red Buckeye

Updated 2/2012

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Height:  10-20'  Spread:  15-25' Form:  Round  Growth Rate:  Slow to medium  Zone:  4-9

Cultural Requirements: Ideal in part-shade to full sun with adequate moist, well-drained soil; early to leaf out in spring and drop leaves in fall

Ornamental Characteristics: Small tree, often multi-stemmed; handsome, dark green foliage; minimal fall color; loses leaves early; may be difficult to find in the nursery trade; showy carmine-red flower spikes in May

Use in the Landscape: Specimen flowering tree, screen or hedge

Plant tolerant of occasional or temporary flooding

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