ZONE:
3
COLOUR:
Yellow
HEIGHT:
10-12 m
SPREAD:
9-10 m
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Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye - Franklin Bonner, USFS (ret.), Bugwood.org
Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye
ZONE:
3
COLOUR:
Yellow
HEIGHT:
10-12 m
SPREAD:
9-10 m
A good selection for more remote areas of the landscape, including native plant and woodland areas.
Native to Ontario and other parts of North America. The flowers provide nectar for native bees, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. Small mammals, mainly squirrels, consume or hide the seeds, assisting in propagation.
Native Americans reportedly called the fruit of this tree “hetuck” meaning eye-of-the-buck, in reference to the shiny dark mahogany-brown fruit, resembling the eye of a buck deer.
