The red buckeye tree is a native plant that grows in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6–9. It’s not often found in retail nurseries but can be obtained at nurseries specializing in native plants.

The red buckeye (Aesculus pavia), also known as the firecracker plant, blooms in early spring. It gets its name from the dark brown seeds with a pale dot similar to a deer's eye.

IN THE GARDEN: Red buckeyes are attractive, small, spring-flowering trees — whose seeds require action if you intend to plant. November 19, 2022 at 1:31 a.m.

* What it is: Although red buckeye is a Pennsylvania native tree, few people know it or plant it. It’s a small, under-story tree in nature that’s most striking when its rosy-red flower ...

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This species (“Red buckeye," Aesculus pavia) is most often a small, slender tree, or perhaps just as commonly, a shrub.Its bark is pale brown, and smooth. All winter long it has been leafless ...

Spring is here. Instead of silent winter nights, at our house the night air is filled with chirping frogs. I awake to the song of the mocking bird. Plants are popping out of the ground, and ...

Q • I have a question about Aesculus pavia, commonly called red buckeye. Will this plant thrive in juglone-laced soil or do I have to plant it far from my Red buckeye might work as companion to ...

The Texas Red Buckeye will be an attention grabber when in bloom, but then will fade into the background later in the season. As it is an understory tree, it likes part shade.

Native red buckeye tree is easy to grow in a shady spot for its striking flowers that bloom in spring. Red buckeye is a small North American native tree found from Illinois to North Carolina ...