Scientific Name
Aesculus glabra

Common Name
Ohio buckeye

Hardiness Zones: 3-7
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Moderate
Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; moist, well drained soil; dislikes dry soil
Texture: Medium to coarse
Form: Rounded
Height: 20 to 40’
Width: 20 to 40’
Leaf: Compound leaves with 5 to 7 lobes; orange fall color
Flower/Fruit: Greenish-yellow flowers with orange throat on a 4 to 7" panicle in May
Comments: Native; subject to mildew, leaf blotch and scorch; corky gray bark; variable fall color due to seedlings
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