Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
Also known as: Sweet Buckeye
Largest of the native buckeyes, with the cleanest summer foliage and best orange-red fall color. Smooth nuts lack the spines of Ohio buckeye. All parts toxic.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–75 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~33 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV
Related native plants
More Aesculus species
- California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)
- Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
- Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
- Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora)