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Yellow Buckeye
Latin Name:
Aesculus flava octandra
location:
mid-Atlantic United States throughout central Appalachia from the Ohio River Valley to northern Georgia
The Yellow Buckeye, which is also referred as Aesculus flava (octandra), i usually found close to mid-Atlantic United States, throughout central Appalachia from the Ohio River Valley to northern Georgia. It normally look like a large deciduous tree, typically 60' to 80' tall, but can be over 100' tall, making it a unique plant! In the summer, a special form of foliage appears, more or less opposite, palmately compound, with 5 leaflets. Each leaflet is 4" to 6" long and elliptical and in the automn its foliage is specially has better color than other
Aesculus
. The Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava (octandra)) has flowers that are blooms in May, yellow or yellow green and its fruits are more or less 2" to 2.5" capsule containing 2 seeds. An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where we can find interesting gray and brown on it. An interesting information to note concerning its culture is that prefers a deep, moist, well-drained soil However, an inconvinient with the Yellow Buckeye can be that may be difficult to locate in the trade, uncommon
and somewhat difficult for nurseries to mass produce quickly You can recognize a Aesculus flava (octandra) having its large, palmately-compound leaves. The Yellow Buckeye's propagation is uncommon since it is mainly done by seed
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