Aesculus flava f. vestita
(Sweet Buckeye)

Family - Sapindaceae
Category - Tree
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 18m
Width - up to 12m
Location - The Cool Garden

Description: A medium-sized, Deciduous tree with a broad, conical outline. Dark green, palmate leaves have ovate to obovate leaflets with finely toothed margins. Tubular flowers are pale yellow and turn creamy white with age. Each flower is marked with a deep red blotch and has long, protruding stamens. The Blooms are held in upright panicles and are produced from late spring into early summer. The flowers are followed by greenish-brown, smooth, rounded fruit.

Flower:

Tubular flowers open pale yellow and become creamy white with age. Each flower has long, protruding stamens and a red blotch marking the upper petals. The flowers are held in upright panicles at the tips of the branches and are produced in May and June. The flowers are followed by smooth, rounded fruit that is greenish-brown in colour.

Flower colour: Yellow, white

Flower shape: Tubular flowers held in panicles

Flowering time: May, June

Foliage:

Dark green, palmate leaves have 5-7 ovate to obovate leaflets with serrate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs along the branches and turn deep yellow in autumn before falling.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Palmate with ovate to obovate leaflets

Autumn Colour: Yellow

Propagation:

Grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.