Aesculus pavia
Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavia - Bark
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Red (Tubular red flowers in 4-8" long by 1.5-3" wide bottle-brush-like clusters (panicles) in spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous dark green, palmately compound leaves in summer); Brown (No fall color change)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Smooth-surfaced fruits in the fall; poisonous)
 Ultimate Height:
10-20 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-20 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, acidic soils
 Range:
Southeastern United States
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Palmately compound leaf usually has 5 leaflets (occassionally 7), each 3-6" long, dark green, and short stalked with irregularly serrated margins. Petioles 2-5" long. The thick olive-green stems have large triangular leaf scars and raised lenticels.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Mass Plantings 268
  • Specimen 598
  • Notable Texture 277
  • Poisonous/Toxic 43

    • Additional Information

    The Red Buckeye can be a small tree or clump-forming, multi-stemmed shrub. The lustrous, deep green foliage is attractive, but tends to decline by August. Susceptible to leaf blotch, but less susceptible to mildew than Aesculus hippocastanum.

    18 Aesculus pavia found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12010_01310*AOWEN
    22018_00963*AME
    32009_13766*AHORTPARK
    42023_00068*EPICK
    52023_00068*FPICK
    62023_00068*GPICK
    72023_00286*APICK
    82023_00633*AWILY
    92024_00020*AHORTPARK
    102024_00020*BHORTPARK
    112024_00020*CHORTPARK
    122024_00020*DHORTPARK
    132024_00020*EHORTPARK
    142024_00020*FHORTPARK
    152024_00045*AHORTPARK
    162024_00045*BHORTPARK
    172024_00045*CHORTPARK
    182024_00045*DHORTPARK

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