Autumn Splendor Buckeye

(Aesculus 'Autumn Splendor')   

A handsome medium-sized tree perfect for your yard. Autumn Splendor Buckeye has showy creamy white flowers in the springtime and unique spiky nuts in the fall! This tree is adaptable to many urban conditions and can thrive where some other can't. Autumn Splendor is an improved Buckeye, with attractive dark green foliage, splendid fall color, and a rounded crown.                                           

Height and width at maturity: 35’ x 30’

Sun or shade: full sun to partial shade

Soil conditions: wide range

Moisture tolerance: adaptable

Fall color: red-orange

Climate resilience (ability to withstand changing temperatures and precipitation patterns associated with climate change): moderate

Wildlife value: Buckeye flowers attract pollinators; nuts are a food source for squirrels and other wildlife

Ash replacement? No, medium stature tree!

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Photo credits: Gertens, Wasco Nursery