Species profile
Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
2,915 on Toronto's streets — 0.42% of the city's catalogued canopy.
🌸 Blooms May 10 – May 22: cream-yellow panicles
🍁 Fall colour Sep 20 – Oct 10: orange
Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, Texas buckeye, fetid buckeye is a species of tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to North America.
Planting profile (from the City of Toronto)
| Native to | Native to Ontario |
| Mature size | Medium, 10m high by 9m wide |
| Growth rate | Slow |
| Sensitivity | Moderately Hardy |
| Best site | Lawns and boulevards |
| Of note | Large, palmate leaves |
| Plants under overhead wires | Yes |