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.