Arkansas Tree Database

Red Buckeye

Red Buckeye

Scientific name:

Aesculus Pavia

Size:

10'-20' tall by as wide

Leaves:

opposite, palmately compound, with 5-7 leaflets, toothed; dark green above, paler and velvety-hairy beneath

Flowers:

showy upright terminal clusters of red tubular flowers; April

Fruit:

buckeye 1" or more in diameter, smooth and brown; seeds and young shoots are poisonous for humans, wildlife, and livestock

Fall Interest:

none; leaves usually drop by end of summer; decidous

Culture:

partial sun to partial shade; rich, moist soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

understory shrub or small tree, woodland garden

Cultivars:

Notes:

large shrub or small tree; soap-forming compounds in roots have been used for clothes-washing; attractive to hummingbirds and bees; native to Arkansas

Resources:

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-database/shrubs/buckeye.aspx
https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/red-buckeye-05-19-06.aspx https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-database/shrubs/buckeye.aspx

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Red buckeye bark on mature trunk Red buckeye flowers, in terminal panicles Red buckeye flowers Red buckeye flower, 1.5" long Red buckeye flower Red buckeye palmately compound leaves Red buckeye new leaves emerging Red buckeye palmately compound leaf, underside Red buckeye leaves Red buckeye fruit Red buckeye plant, spring Red buckeye stem Red buckeye stem Red buckeye tree Red buckeye new leaves emerging Red buckeye stem