Ohio Buckeye
- Botanical Name
- Aesculus glabra
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 7
- Height
- 20 to 40 feet
- Width
- 20 to 40 feet
- Flowers
- May: greenish-yellow, panicle
- Fruit
- Spiny husk enclosing dehiscent capsule containing solitary buckeye (seed)
- Fall Color
- Pumpkin orange
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap
- Avoid droughty soils
- Problems
- Scorch and leaf drop in drought, leaf blotch, mildew, anthracnose
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