The Dawes Arboretum
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Taxon
Aesculus glabra (Klein Weeping Form)
Common name:
Ohio buckeye (Klein Weeping Form)
Family:
Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution:
Species native to c. and e. United States
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
This species is a deciduous native tree, growing to 30' tall and nearly as wide. This selection, from a home landscape in Jeffersonville, Indiana, has a strongly weeping habit. The original tree measures 25' tall and 20' wide. It has medium to dark green, lustrous foliage. Flowers open in mid-May as upright, greenish yellow clusters. Autumn foliage is usually yellow but occasionally orange-red. Appropriate for naturalized plantings.
Locations
1:
BCA: BO31
(BO31)
• Accession: D1996-0966.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual