| Description | A large ornamental tree. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average |
| Soil & Site | rich, well-drained, deep, and slightly acidic soils |
| Flowers | inflorescence is an upright panicle, florets are yellow green |
| Fruit | light brown, smooth, capsules splits open to yield two, 2" wide brown nuts with a prominent white "buck eye" |
| Leaves | green, palmately compound, changing to yellow orange to yellow brown |
| Dimensions | 75 feet tall by 45 feet wide, upright oval |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Aesculus is a classical names for an Oak tree. flava means yellow. (syn. Aesculus octandra) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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