Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye | Tree
Aesculus glabra belongs to the plant family HIPPOCASTANACE and Genus Aesculus This Tree prefers Dry soil a pH of 06,07 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Aesculus glabra does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Aesculus glabra so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye,fetid buckeye is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
This is an insect resistant variety. Aesculus glabra can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -40 Fahrenheit. Ohio buckeye (also known as fetid buckeye) needs summer days with high heat. This plant likes full sun to partial shade. It likes dry soils.
Aesculus glabra will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Aesculus glabra is a woody perennial. Ohio buckeye (locally known in some parts as fetid buckeye) is deciduous in nature. Leaves: This plant has 3" - 6" compound leaves with 5 leaflets. Flowers: This species has 7" panicles.
. Secondary color or not the flower is described as: 7" panicles
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 30' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between 20' and 40'
The seeds of this plant are toxic.
"Heat-zone Gardening: How to choose plants that thrive in your region's warmest weather", Dr. H. Marc Cathey with Linda Bellamy, American Horticultural Society, Time-Life Books, 1998.
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"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.