Yellow Buckeye: Native, Showy, Shade Tree!

This is the largest of the buckeyes and is native to bottomlands in the Ohio River Valley regions. The older scientific name, Aesculus flava, is preferred over the synonym A.octandra.

Joyce Browning Horticulturist, Master Gardener Coordinator
Video credit: Bethany Evans Longwood Gardens Professional Gardener Program Alumni; CPH

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