Yellow Buckeye

Yellow Buckeye

Aesculus flava

This native buckeye bears yellow flower panicles in spring: a distinctive flowering tree with large palm-shaped compound leaves that turns golden-yellow in autumn on a low-branched, broadly rounded framework.

  • Low branched tree with a broad, oval-rounded crown.
  • Green compound leaves emerge in the spring, each with seven spreading oblong leaflets.
  • Clusters of single yellow flowers are followed by smooth-skinned buckeye fruit.
  • This species exhibits a showy fall colour.
  • Commonly used for specimen.
  • Grows best in full sun to partial shade.
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained
Hardiness Zone
4 – 4
Mature Height (meters)
15.0 – 20.0
Mature Spread (meters)
12.0 – 15.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Colour
Yellow
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Pollinator Friendly
Landscape Uses
Accent
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Grows best when planted in full sun, in a moist but well-drained soil. Due to twig, leaf and fruit drop, it is best suited for open fields.

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