I planted a dwarf buckeye in Rochester, NY six years ago to shade my patio. It just got flowers and buckeyes this year. I really like ...Read Morethe shade it provides and it's unusual look but some of the foliage turns brown late in the summer.
It is a pretty tree. It is slow growing, about 10" to 12"/yr and lives about 100 to 200 years. It is found sporatically in its native ra...Read Morenge from west PA into TX and central IA to north Alabama and it is just not popping up everywhere. The handsome 5-parted compound leaves develop good orange or yellow fall color, if they don't experience a strong attack of Buckeye Blotch, a fungus disease that browns areas of foliage and can scar the fruit. Cool, wet springs help the disease that shows up in July or August, but it is not really damaging and does not happen every year. The tree is messy, dropping fruit in late summer and dropping twigs at various times for refined lawn and landscape areas. It makes a really great park tree. However, I think it is a wonderful plant. The buckeyes can be used for decorations and necklaces, and the squirrels eat the fruit. If the big seeds are put in a pot that is buried in the ground for the winter, they will germinate in spring for propagation.I have nostalgia towards the old Ohio Buckeye in the neighbor's yard across the street that I used to climb easily as a boy. Some native nurseries and large conventional nurseries do sell some, as Oakland Nurseries in central Ohio and The Growing Place in Naperville-Aurora, IL.
We visited friends in Ohio last October & they gave me two Buckeye nuts. I kept them dry all winter & planted them in a pot a month ago b...Read Moreut alas they have not germinated. Have tried putting them in the freezer but still no luck. Any suggestions ????
We have beautiful and old Buckeye trees growing on the grounds of the VA here in Johnson City, TN. They must be over 80 feet tall. I coll...Read Moreect a few buckeyes from then every year when I can beat the squirrels to them. Got one in my pocket at all times. Phil
Cincinnati, OH (Zone 6b) | November 2006 | neutral
While this is a fun tree to include in naturalistic, wooded settings, as a yard shade tree it compares poorly with many, many better tree...Read Mores.
Buckeyes are one of the first trees to emerge in the spring, and their emerging leaves provide much appreciated green at that time of year. In the fall, their "buckeye" fruits are fun and oddly ornamental. But a variety of foliar diseases beset the Ohio Buckeye, and by mid to late summer, most Ohio Buckeyes are either covered in badly scorched foliage, or have no foliage at all. This is a very important consideration for anyone wishing to plant A. glabra or A. hippocastenum. Note: the similar Aesculus flava (syn. A. octandra), has all the attributes of every other buckeye, but usually does not suffer foliar diseases. This is the buckeye to get for yard purposes.
One upside to any species of buckeye is that deer leave them alone.
This buckeye was growing on the grounds of the business where I work in Marion, IN. Whoever planted this property loved trees, because t...Read Morehere are some unusual varieties in this land of maples, maples, maples. The tree was in a lawn and had forsythia hedge on both sides of it. It was beautiful. I didn't know at first what kind of tree it was, but when I went up to it and saw the nuts, I said, "Why, that's a buckeye! What's it doing here in Indiana?"
I didn't see anyone water or feed it and it's nowhere near a water source, but it did well.
However, the utility company has just cut down this lovely mature specimen that had buckeyes on it, the brutes!
What we want to know is whether in September the nuts are mature enough to plant, and do we hull them first or plant them hull and all?
In the meantime, I have one in my pocket to combat arthritis.
I have an Ohio Buckeye planted in my yard that was transplanted as a 1 year old seedling from my Mom's garden. It is now about 10 years o...Read Moreld. Mom has had a Buckeye tree for 20 + years. Mine gave me my first buckeye last fall. This year it has aprox. 2 dozen seed pods on it's branch tips. I have not found it hard to grow this type of tree. I have it's offspring growing in a clay pot on my deck and it will be transplanted into the ground this fall near it's older relative.
I water it occasionally, especially during our hot Ohio summers. It is planted in southern Ohio clay soil, which is very hard, but I do place leaf compost around the base every year. My tree is about 15 feet tall and it's branches grow about 12-15" each year. As an avid Ohio State fan, I cherish my Buckeye tree greatly.
Much as this is a very symbolic plant in (particularly central) Ohio, it has a very specific culture, and is not impressively adabtable t...Read Moreo backyard growing. It tends to be found along creek beds much like willows (though it does not have the invasive roots of willows), and seldom thrives elsewhere.
If you are looking for something which looks similar, but will actually grow in your ohio yard, the bottebrush buckeye is much more easy going, with the same characteristic flowers and leaves, but in a shrub shape, with much smaller seeds.
Is not damaged by winters in carlton county, MN (USDA zone 3b). Full sun in our summers can give it leaf scorch.
I planted a dwarf buckeye in Rochester, NY six years ago to shade my patio. It just got flowers and buckeyes this year. I really like ...Read More
It is a pretty tree. It is slow growing, about 10" to 12"/yr and lives about 100 to 200 years. It is found sporatically in its native ra...Read More
We visited friends in Ohio last October & they gave me two Buckeye nuts. I kept them dry all winter & planted them in a pot a month ago b...Read More
We have beautiful and old Buckeye trees growing on the grounds of the VA here in Johnson City, TN. They must be over 80 feet tall. I coll...Read More
A very hardy, unique tree that may be hardy up to zone 2a. It is abundant in Edmonton zone 3b and provides wonderful fiery fall color.
While this is a fun tree to include in naturalistic, wooded settings, as a yard shade tree it compares poorly with many, many better tree...Read More
This buckeye was growing on the grounds of the business where I work in Marion, IN. Whoever planted this property loved trees, because t...Read More
I have an Ohio Buckeye planted in my yard that was transplanted as a 1 year old seedling from my Mom's garden. It is now about 10 years o...Read More
Much as this is a very symbolic plant in (particularly central) Ohio, it has a very specific culture, and is not impressively adabtable t...Read More
My Buckeye Tree is nine years old and has yet to flower in the spring, or of course, produce buckeyes.