Sapindaceae
Ohio buckeye
Aesculus glabra
Also known as Stinking buckeye, American buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Nebropsis glabra
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Tree · Shade Tree · Buckeye · Spring Flowers · Ohio · Deciduous · Aesculus · Wildlife · Toxic · Large Tree
Ohio buckeye is a striking native shade tree known for its showy spring flower clusters, bold palmate leaves, and distinctive spiny-husked nuts in autumn. Plant in a location with full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil, and give it plenty of room to spread. Note that all parts of the plant are toxic to humans and animals if ingested, so site it away from areas frequented by children and pets.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to thoroughly moisten the root zone, then allow the top 2-3 inches of soil to dry before the next watering · Every 7-10 days during the growing season; reduce in winter
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.1
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-8b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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