Botanical name: Aesculus pavia
Common name: “Red Buckeye”
Characteristics:
Size: 8-12′ x 10-20′
Light: Full sun/pt shade
Bloom: April
Description:
This handsome deciduous native has lustrous, deep-green, palmately compound foliage and produces plumes of bright red blooms in spring followed by fruits in the fall. Plant in a moist, well-drained soil. It flowers best when grown in full sun.