Aesculus x arnoldiana
Arnold's buckeye · also Arnold's chestnut, Autumn Splendor horse chestnut, Arnold buckeye
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Aesculus arnoldiana 'Autumn Splendor' is a medium-sized hybrid cultivar known for its rounded, densely-textured crown, dark green palmately compound leaves, and picturesque maroon-red fall colors. It features showy yellow flowers with red markings in spring and summer, followed by hard nut fruits. This tree is cold and frost hardy, attracts hummingbirds, birds, and bees, and is resistant to leaf scorch, though it is not tolerant to drought.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1260.04%—3.0 in
- 570.13%8.8 yr2.4 in
- 290.01%3.9 yr2.0 in
- 270.01%—3.0 in
- 170.14%3.8 yr2.0 in
- 120.08%3.5 yr1.6 in
- 50.00%3.9 yr1.5 in
- 30.01%—2.8 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 35 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30 ft
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.0 in, mean 2.8 in, 90th percentile 3.1 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
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15 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
