{"id":8317,"date":"2017-03-01T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2015-11-12T16:38:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T21:38:38","slug":"native-red-buckeye-tree-delights-in-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/03\/01\/native-red-buckeye-tree-delights-in-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Red Buckeye Tree Delights in Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia<\/em>) is a southeastern U. S. native that has become more recognized as a wonderful small landscape tree (USDA hardiness zones 4-8).\u00a0 In its native habitat it is an understory large shrub or small tree\u00a0frequently\u00a0surrounded by taller trees or structures. A mature specimen may grow 20-25 feet high and wide\u00a0in 30 years.<\/p>\n

Showy, erect, 4-10 inch long panicles of red to orange-red flowers appear in spring.\u00a0Many 5- to 9- inch long tubular flowers stand erect on\u00a0branch tips as decorative candles in late April and May in zone 6. Flowers open at the same time the palmate leaves emerge. Flower\u00a0tint may vary from dark pink to\u00a0deep red on individual buckeyes growing next to one another. A rare yellow flower form, listed as A. pavia <\/em>var. flavescens<\/em>, is offered by a few specialty plant nurseries. Hummingbirds and butterflies pollinate individual flowers.<\/p>\n

Red buckeye grows in average, moist, well-drained soil, and in full morning\/afternoon shade or in\u00a0all-day partial sunlight. The tree\u00a0holds up to lots of shade although flower numbers are less.\u00a0Spring feeding with granular 10-10-10\u00a0or equivalent fertilizer plus the addition of\u00a02-3 inches of\u00a0a fresh organic mulch\u00a0are highly\u00a0recommended. Soil moisture is\u00a0of key importance. Summer foliage tends to scorch and\u00a0declines sooner in dry warm\u00a0conditions. In southern climes\u00a0all-afternoon shade is the rule!<\/p>\n

Attractive glossy, dark green, palmately compound leaves are attractive in spring and early summer. Disease and pest problems prove to be of little consequence, except that scorched and disease spotted foliage have dropped by September 1st and branches are mostly bare.<\/p>\n

Smooth orange-brown seed husks contain 1-3 shiny\u00a0seeds (1-2 inch long\u00a0nutlets).\u00a0Seeds are called \u201cbuckeyes\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0ripen\u00a0by\u00a0early fall. New plants can be grown from seeds.\u00a0They should be planted immediately\u00a0and not allow to dry out prior to sowing. Seedlings often flower 3-4 years later. Seeds are poisonous and are rejected by most wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) is a southeastern U. S. native that has become more recognized as a wonderful small landscape tree (USDA hardiness zones 4-8).\u00a0 In its native habitat it is an understory large shrub or small tree\u00a0frequently\u00a0surrounded by taller trees or structures. A mature specimen may grow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,749,778,665,745,551,627,843,975,990,1059,729,1280,777,630,705,646,7,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8322,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions\/8322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}