LARGE, CANARY YELLOW BLOOMS ON A NATIVE TREE
FEATURES:
- In spring, large, light yellow, panicle blooms emerge
- Blooms can spread up to 7'' tall
- Trumpet-like flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies
- Deep green, oblong shaped foliage lasts through summer before turning bright orange-yellow in fall
- A wonderful addition to a native landscape, pollinator garden, or a charming shade tree
- Easy care and resistant to leaf scorch
- Hand Selected, Fresh from our Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Mature Height: 60-80' tall
- Mature Width: 25-35' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 25-35' apart
Yellow Buckeye
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Aesculus flava
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LARGE, CANARY YELLOW BLOOMS ON A NATIVE TREE
FEATURES:
- In spring, large, light yellow, panicle blooms emerge
- Blooms can spread up to 7'' tall
- Trumpet-like flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies
- Deep green, oblong shaped foliage lasts through summer before turning bright orange-yellow in fall
- A wonderful addition to a native landscape, pollinator garden, or a charming shade tree
- Easy care and resistant to leaf scorch
- Hand Selected, Fresh from our Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Mature Height: 60-80' tall
- Mature Width: 25-35' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 25-35' apart
Why plant Yellow Buckeye?
We’re excited to be able to offer this special native beauty. You won’t find this one at the box stores! Each year, you’ll look forward to watching its almost tropical-looking leaves burst forth from fat buds. The pale yellow flowers, doted on by hummingbirds, follow. Yellow Buckeye is valued for its lovely fall color as well. Each tree is different, but most take on pleasing golden-orange tones when nights begin to turn frosty. Tree expert Michael Dirr puts it best when he writes in his famous Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: “I could look at this tree forever.”
Yellow Buckeye gets its name from its yellow flowers and its large, smooth seeds, which are thought to resemble a deer’s eye. Where this tree is found in the wild—from Pennsylvania to Alabama, and west to Illinois—Native Americans once included its nutritious seeds as part of their diet. The seeds are quite poisonous off the tree, so the people had to roast them and carefully leach the toxins out before eating them. More recently, the seeds have inspired a “Buckeye” lookalike candy recipe made from peanut butter and chocolate. We prefer the candy version!
How to use Yellow Buckeye in the landscape?
Yellow Buckeye is a glorious but hard-to-locate American tree for large suburban lots, grand estates, and spacious country properties. Assuming in time a bold, upright-rounded shape, it possesses an imposing presence in the landscape.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-8
How To Plant Yellow Buckeye
Give Yellow Buckeye ample room to grow, both upwards and outwards, in full sun to part shade. Native to rich, moist, loamy soil, it also appreciates those conditions in the landscape. This tree isn’t the best choice for clay soil or hot, dry sites, though it is more tolerant of adverse conditions than other Buckeyes. It’s relatively resistant to the leaf diseases that plague many Buckeyes and Horsechestnuts, so it will still be looking sharp in the fall, while others may be defoliated. Mulch well with wood chips, shredded bark, or pine straw to conserve moisture, and irrigate regularly to keep your tree looking thrifty.
How To Water
Yellow Buckeye trees prefer consistently moist soil, so be sure to water your new tree on a regular basis. For the first growing year, water it slowly, deeply, and thoroughly every two to three days.
How To Fertilize
When planting, we recommend that you apply the Bower & Branch Elements Plant Food to be sure your tree has all it needs to begin to establish itself. Reapply each spring for the next three years, at least.
How To Prune
The best time to prune your Yellow Buckeye is in late winter to early Spring. Simply remove any damaged or dead branches.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
Our Guarantees
3-YEAR-TREE GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.
If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.
* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.
At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).
Reach out to a Plant Whisperer with any questions:
- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com
- Phone: 866-873-3888
- Or via Online Chat
