Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Buckeye a late leafer?, 1 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
E-guy:

I don't think you've got anything to worry about, except you may never have boiling water at this rate.

I have most of the native buckeyes planted here; their sequence of emergence is Aesculus pavia first every year, then Aesculus glabra, with Aesculus flava/octandra and Aesculus parviflora rounding out the spring releaf.

Most of my red buckeyes have broken bud and leaves are unfurling. Ohio buckeyes are reaching out; bottlebrush are still tight though the slightest green is showing on the south exposures. Yellow buckeye has some swollen buds but none broken open yet. And this varies with provenance, along a south-north continuum.

Now, if you are really concerned about your plant's performance, you might check into Aesculus parviflora 'April Anticipation', Aesculus parviflora 'Impatient Impulse', or the very rare but much sought after Aesculus parviflora 'Unrequited Love'.