Aesculus pavia, known as red buckeye or firecracker plant (formerly Pavia rubra), is a species of deciduous flowering plant. The small tree or shrub is native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States, found from Illinois to Virginia in the …

Spikes of showy red flowers, 4-8 in. long, are pollinated by ruby-throated hummingbirds in spring, and also attract native bees. Foliage drops naturally in late summer. Brown, egg-shaped fruit in the fall.

Red buckeye is quite lovely in spring, with its tall clusters of red flowers. Red buckeye is a small tree, able to be planted under power lines. It may be difficult to find in nursery trade.

Red buckeye is a small, deciduous tree or shrub in the maple family (Sapindaceae) that may grow 15 to 25 feet tall. It is native to coastal and Piedmont areas in NC. It is quite ornamental in spring when tubular, red flowers appear in 6 to 8 inch upright clusters that last for about a month and attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

Aesculus pavia, commonly called red buckeye, is a deciduous clump-forming shrub or small tree with an irregular rounded crown. It typically grows 10-20’ tall. Showy, erect, 4-10” long panicles of red to orange-red, narrow-tubular flowers appear in spring.

2023年3月14日 · Red buckeye trees (Aesculus pavia) are North American natives from southern Missouri. They grow in USDA zones 4 through 8. For several weeks in the spring, the trees produce bright red panicles of tube-shaped flowers.

2024年11月25日 · Red buckeye is a small North American native tree found from Illinois to North Carolina, south to Florida, and west to central Texas. This perennial shrub or small, bushy tree has showy panicles of deep red flowers 6 to 10 inches long on fine-toothed, glossy, dark green palmate leaves.

Low-branched and slow-growing, Red Buckeye is a lovely, small flowering tree for bringing a sparkle to the spring garden. To be used as a specimen tree, flowering screen or hedge. Grows up to 12-15 ft. tall and wide (360-450 cm).

Blooms March-May. Forms a shrub or small tree, with smooth gray to brown bark on young branches, that become rough with age. Large leaves are palmately divided into 5 leaflets with serrate margins. Large, showy, red, tube-shaped flowers grow in clusters.

Red buckeye is most popular for its springtime display of 3- to 6-inch-long, upright, terminal panicles composed of 1.5-inch-wide, red flowers, which are quite attractive to hummingbirds. These blooms are followed by flat, round capsules that contain bitter and poisonous seeds.