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Aesculus flava

Yellow Buckeye

Pronunciation
ES-ku-lus flay-va
Family
Genus
Nativity

Eastern US, Pennsylvania south to Georgia, west to Illinois

Growth Habit

Medium to large deciduous tree that grows 50 to 75 feet tall with an oblong-rounded crown.

Hardiness
4
Culture

Grows well in moist soils in rich woods. Likes full sun.

Landscape Use

This tree is admired for its yellow flowers and large palmately compound leaves.

Foliage

Dark green in summer. Yellow fall color, can be pumkin orange. Large, palmately compound

Buds

Buds are large, not shiny, and opposite.

Bark

Gray-brown in larger plates less furrowed.

Flower

yellow with a green tint

Fruit

Brown nuts.

Propagation

Seed.

Pests
None serious.

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