Buckeye
By Lou Paun
Buckeye (Aesculus) - Mostly medium-sized trees, hardy and excellent for park or garden. The common variety is an exception as to size, and one of the most beautiful of flowering trees.
'Buckeye Belle' Herbaceous peony
A semidouble variety with velvety, dark red blooms atop sturdy stems, this stunner makes a showy cut flower. It grows 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide.
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Buckeyes
(Aesculus species)
LEAVES: Opposite, palmately compound (the leaflets arranged like spreading fingers), native buckeyes have 5 leaflets, Horsechestnut has 7, leaves to 15" long, margins toothed.
Buckeye
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Red Buckeye, Yellow Buckeye
The large, dense, pyramidal shape of this tree is echoed in its many flower panicles. The inedible brown fruit of these Horse Chestnuts or Buckeyes holds slightly toxic, glossy seeds. Can also be grown as a shrub.
'Buckeye' is a garden mum of the semi-double cushion variety, and bears flowers in vivid crimson.Chrysanthemum is made up of both annualsand perennials and are best known for their showy flowers.
Red buckeye has a vast distribution. It is present in the eastern half of North America, extending as far north as Quebec, as far west as California and as far south as Florida (Kartesz, 1999).
Ohio Buckeye
Scientific Name: Aesculus glabra Willd.
Synonym:
Family: Hippocastanaceae ...
Other buckeye species may do well zones 3-9
See Also
Bur oak, English oak, swamp chestnut (Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus robur, Quercus michauxii)
Chestnut, European chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Water chestnut (Trapa natans) ...
Aesculus pavia. RED BUCKEYE. Southern & Eastern United States
HIPPOCASTANACEAE (Horse chestnut family) ...
Aesculus pavia - Red Buckeye - Hippocastanaceae
Aesculus pavia, or Red Buckeye, is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to Missouri to Southern Illinois, extending as far east as North Carolina and as far south as Texas.
SIGNS: The toxins in Buckeye and Horsechestnut affect the gastrointestinal tract as well as the nervous system. The saponic glycoside aesculin in addition to suspected alkaloids cause the toxic signs.
red buckeye Hippocastanaceae Aesculus pavia L. symbol: AEPA
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RED BUCKEYE
Aesculus pavia
General Notes
Susceptible to powdery mildew. SelecTree lists no cultivars of pavia.
Buckeye (Junonia coenia) This caterpillar is gardener-friendly because it eats weeds such as plantain. The "eyespots" on both wings of the adult are used to frighten predators.
Buckeye, Horsechestnut
ES-ku-lus
About 15 deciduous species of trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, palmately compound, 5-11 leaflets, the middle leaflet often largest.
Buckeye (Aesculus) 2. Butterfly Bush (Buddelia) 3. Blueberries (Vaccinium) 4. Hawthorns (Crataegus) 5. Fruit Trees 6. New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus) 7. Privet (Ligustrum) 8. Lilac (Syringa) 9. Redbud (Cercis) 10. Spicebush (Lindera) 11.
Red buckeye flowers provide an elegant dining venue for hungry hummingbirds. Click to download a large version (800x600).
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Exceptional widespreading, suckering, shrub reaching 8-12' in height and 8-15' in width. Medium to dark green summer foliage turns yellow-green in fall.
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia L.
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Texas Buckeye [English]: Aesculus glabra
Texas Buckeye [English]: Aesculus glabra forma pallida
Texas Buckeye [English]: Aesculus glabra var. arguta
Texas Buckthorn [English]: Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens ...
Red Maple Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 'Bonfire' Bonfire Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain' Green Mountain Sugar Maple Aesculus hippocastanum Horsechestnut Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye ...
Horse Chestnut, Buckeye
Monkshood, Aconite, or Wolfsbane
Alfalfa or Lucerne
Alsike Clover, Red Clover, White Clover
Arrowgrass
Baneberry, Dolls Eyes, White Cohosh, Snakeberry
Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Black Locust ...
Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aronia arbutifolia - Red Chokeberry
Baccharis halimifolis - Groundsel Tree
Callicarpa americana - American Beautyberry
Calycanthus floridus - Sweetshrub
*Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush ...
40 Hippocastanaceae: The Buckeye Family
2.1.41 Illiciaceae: The Anise-tree Family
2.1.42 Juglandaceae: The Walnut Family
2.1.43 Lauraceae: The Laurel Family
2.1.44 Lecythidaceae: The Lecythis Family
2.1.45 Lythraceae: The Loosestrife Family
2.1.
This is generally a very trouble-free species the leaves of bottlebrush buckeye are usually free of the leaf blotch and leaf scorch problems associated with some of the other buckeyes.
Family: Hippocastanaceae Buckeye Family
Buckeyes /Aesculus L.
opposite arrangement.
leaves palmately compound.
flowers perfect and imperfect.
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Aesculus flava : Yellow Buckeye - Whole Plant
Aesculus glabra : Ohio Buckeye - Landscape
Aesculus hippocastanum : European Horsechestnut - Whole Plant ...
Common Checkerspot and Buckeye butterfly caterpillars feed on the foliage.
Photographed in author's garden.
Yarrow Flowers and a Buckeye Butterfly
Achillea millefolium
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Aesculus pavia
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
They combine well with oakleaf hydrangeas, bottlebrush buckeye, Kousa dogwood and magnolias. Smaller rhododendrons will grow in containers. Be sure that they have holes in them for drainage and are large enough.
opposite, palmately compound, with 5 leaflets. Each leaflet is 4" to 6" long and elliptical
excellent dark green foliage that is glabrous when mature
less troubled by foliar diseases and problems than other buckeyes
Autumn Foliage ...
grow in Bermuda, Plantago lanceolata, known as cat's cradle or rib-wort or rib-grass; and Plantago major, the larger and less common. In America, called "Englishman's foot." A good host plant for caterpillars and their butterflies (Bermuda Buckeye).
 See also: Green, Chestnut, Holly, Apple, Oak
  
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