Botanical Name: Aesculus californica
Common Name: California buckeye
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub/tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, multi-stemmed plant, with wide-spreading branches forming a vase-shaped to rounded shrubby canopy; older branches are covered with distinctive smooth white bark
Height 10' - 20'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate slow/moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil prefers well-draining; tolerates most
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-7, 14-19): thrives in warm foothill sites
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmately compound, opposite, with 6-7 leaflets; leaflets are oblong-lanceolate, serrulate margins, 3"-6" long, shiny green; deciduous in late summer
Flowers pinkish-white, in spectacular large 12" - 18" long spikes at the tips of branches; April - May
Fruit large round leathery capsule, 1 1/2" - 2" across
 
Propagation:
seed (plant directly when ripe)
 
Usage:
a distinctive accent plant (large shrub or small tree) for its dramatic flower display, lush foliage, and attractive silhouette; good for slope plantings and erosion
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak (will tend to hold the leaves on plant for a longer period); tolerates drought after established
Fertilizing little is needed after established
Pruning little is required; head high and thin out the canopy if a more tree-like form is desired
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: chaparral areas of Sierra Nevada and Coast Range of California
Family: Hippocastanaceae

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