Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava)
A large specimen at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
Yellow buckeye crown upshot during fall color, 10/31/06, Louisville KY
Yellow buckeye closeup of yellow and orange fall color, 10/31/06, Louisville KY
Yellow buckeye full tree view of yellow and orange fall color, 10/31/06, Louisville KY
Yellow Buckeye closeup of a group of smooth husks which each may contain several "buckeye" seeds, 13 Aug 2010, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati OH
Foliage opens very early in the spring.
Yellow buckeye swelling buds showing remarkable color, 3/31/07, Scott County KY
Spring Grove Cemetery June 2 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The most common species found in the Appalachian region is the Yellow Buckeye.
The Yellow Buckeye's fruit (Pictured here) is smooth, and the Ohio Buckeye's fruit is spiny and prickly.
The flowers of this great species are large, beautiful, but a little muted when compared to the brighter A. hippocastrum and A. pavia.
Emerging buckeye fruits are interesting.
Foliage is large and remains free of most diseases and leaf scorches that diminish from most other buckeyes.
The bark is smooth for many years, becoming more flakey in its later years.
On many, if not most, specimens, fall color is a vivid, clear, lemon yellow.
A close look at the bark of the yellow buckeye.
Winter habit of the yellow buckeye.
Yellow buckeye dormant winter buds starting to swell, 3/31/07, Scott County KY
Yellow buckeye new foliage breaking out of colorful buds, 3/29/07, Scott County KY
Yellow buckeye new foliage unfurling, 3/29/07, Scott County KY
Spring Grove Cemetery April 20 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Summer habit.
My friend Lynn standing against the tree to help show the size of the tree.
Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle WA
Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle WA
A maturing tree planted at Tyler Arboretum in se PA in August 2011
The smooth, unspiny fruit in August 2011 at Tyler Arboretum in se PA
Krapets, Bulgaria, zone 8a
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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
| Type: | Trees |
| Height: | over 40 ft. (12 m) |
| Conditions: | Zone 4-8, Sun to Partial Shade |
