Aesculus sylvatica
Dwarf Red Buckeye

• This small understory tree can spread quickly through suckers to form dense thickets.

• It is native to the southeastern U.S. and marginally hardy in the Cincinnati area.

• Grows best in part shade and moist, rich soil.

• Produces large, showy pink clusters of fragrant flowers that are loved by pollinators.

• Classic shiny brown buckeye nuts follow. Nuts are not edible.

• Dwarf buckeye loses its leaves early in the season and can often look unhealthy by late summer.

• Deer resistant.