yellow buckeye
Aesculus flava
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size50 to 75 feet tall30 to 50 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava) is a tree for specimen planting, shade gardens, and woodland settings. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist soil of most types. Creamy yellow flower panicles appear in late spring, and the leaves turn orange to red in fall. It sits low on the menu for deer. Squirrels eat the nuts.
Pairs well with Cinnamon fern, Solomon's seal, and Arrowwood viburnum.
Native range
Central Asia and Asia.