Hybrid Buckeye

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Beech Collection

Source of plant

Forestfarm Nursery

Description

Tree to 20 m; leaflets 5-7, obovate-oblong, to 16 cm, yellow-green with slightly hairy midrib beneath; flowers in erect panicles to 20 cm, calyx tube-like, petals red; summer [DS 350]. Similar to A. pavia but easily distinguished by the shaggy, ciliate petals [DS 5].

USDA Hardiness Zone

4