Buckeye

Edward F. Gilman, Keighly Graves, Wendy Wilber, Tom Wichman, Claire Lewis, Gail Hansen, andRyan Klein

Bottlebrush buckeye is a shrub which displays showy fall coloration and ornamentally interesting flowers. Small, white, tubular flowers are arranged on upright panicles above the palmately-compound foliage. This plant is well suited as a specimen, screen, foundation, or border plant.

Edward F. Gilman, Edward F. Gilman, andDennis G. Watson
Other Contacts: Michael G. Andreu

This document describes the characteristics, growth habits, and landscape uses of Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava), a large deciduous tree native to North America. It outlines the tree’s size, form, foliage, flowers, fruit, and cultural requirements, as well as its tolerance to environmental conditions.

Edward F. Gilman, Edward F. Gilman, andDennis G. Watson
Other Contacts: Michael G. Andreu

A true North American native, Ohio Buckeye forms a short trunk with a low branching structure, creating an oval to rounded canopy 40 to 50 feet wide on a tree 50 to 70 feet tall. The four to six-inch-long, coarse, bright green, palmately compound leaves have an unpleasant odor when crushed, as do the twigs, giving this tree its other common name of Fetid Buckeye.

Edward F. Gilman, Deborah Hilbert, Edward F. Gilman, Dennis G. Watson, Ryan Klein, Andrew Koeser, Deborah R. Hilbert, andDrew C. McLean