painted buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica
USDA zones7 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 15 feet tall6 to 15 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Shrub , tree
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Cream, yellow, red or yellow veined with red
- Foliage color
- Gold/yellow, green, orange, red/burgundy
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Painted buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) is a shrub for pollinator gardens, rain gardens, and naturalized areas. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist soil. Cream, yellow, or red blooms open in early to late spring and attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Deer rarely make it their first choice. The leaves show gold, orange, and red shades.
Pairs well with Blue wild indigo, Cherry laurel, and New England aster.
Native range
Southeastern United States.