| Description | A small hardy tree with excellent fall foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (es-KU-lus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4a |
| Sunlight | does best if grown where it gets some shade, morning sun afternoon shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | adapted to woodland type soils, moist and rich |
| Flowers | yellow with orange blotch, borne in terminal panicles about 4 inches wide by 8 inches tall, individual flowers reach 3/4 inch |
| Fruit | leathery seed capsules |
| Leaves | opposite, palmately compound, green turning to a maroon red fall color |
| Dimensions | reaching 35 feet, oval |
| Propagation | produced by side branch budding |
| Cultivar Origin | It originated from open-pollinated seed that was provided to Minnesota by Morton Arboretum USA. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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