This shrub to small tree may have singular or multable grey trunks with spreading branches that form rounded habit. It has divided leaves with dark green oblong leaflets and the red tube-shaped red flowers appear in early summer.

Hardiness zones 4 to 9

Aesculus paviais naturally found in North America from Virginia to Florida, Louisiana and Texas growing in woodlands in well drained moderately fertile moist soils. It prefers a protected semi shaded to full sun position and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Red Buckeye is grown for its flowers and its bushy habit. It is planted in parks and gardens along borders as a low screen or used as a specimen in shaded areas. It is suitable for costal and inland regions establishing in 2 to 3 years. It is excellent for cool climate gardens tolerating a wide range of conditions. ID 2678

Aesculus (es`kű-lus) pavia(pâ`vç-?)

Sapindaceae (sap-in-DAY-see-ee)
Litchi, Maple, Horse Chestnut and Hop Bush Family