Yellow Buckeye

This tall ornamental tree makes an impressive focal point near a water feature. Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava...prior Aesculus octandra) is an exceptional native plant that delivers beautiful spring bloom.

You won't believe your eyes! Large yellow flowering panicles cover the oval canopy and bring butterflies and hummingbirds.

Yellow Buckeye also features very attractive, pinnately compound leaves. Five elliptical leaflets are held on a single petiole; and are boldly textured from a strong midrib.

Lustrous and dark green all summer long, the foliage of Yellow Buckeye casts very refreshing shade. Keep your home cool and your hammock stand at the ready with one on the southwest corner of your lot.

Keep it in a mulched garden bed, and underplant with spring-flowering Daffodils for a welcome burst of color as winter draws to an end each year. Add shade-loving plants from our extensive online catalog; and create a very restful oasis all season.

This tree gives an impression of strength. As the tree ages, the gray bark develops a distinctive texture and the caliper of the trunk expands wide.

Yellow Buckeye develops smooth fruit that contains shiny brown seeds. Perhaps you carried one or more in your pocket as a child to bring you good luck.

Use this tree on large properties as part of a native collection. Or, consider naturalizing this beautiful choice along a stream bed.

As the temperatures start to dip in fall, Yellow Buckeye delivers another phenomenal ornamental display. Enjoy watching the setting sun spotlight the glowing leaves, which develop a range of fiery hues, from orange to bronze...all the way through to golden-yellow.

Yellow Buckeye makes an exceptional accent tree in the landscape. It's rare to find this valued native in the nursery trade...so please place your order right away if you see it in stock on our site.