Red Buckeye Part Shade the leaves transform into lovely

the leaves transform into lovely shades of reddish-purple

You'll often find Carolina buckthorn nestled in the understory

ready to scatter with the ripening cones

sometimes surpassing the flowers in terms of beauty

Red Buckeye Part Shade the leaves transform into lovelyAesculus Pavia Common names include Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye, Firecracker Plant. A handsome shrub or small tree with showy panicles of deep red flowers in early spring. The flower clusters are 6 10 inches long, and the individual flowers are 1 1 1 2 inches long. The leaves are made up of 5 leaflets joined at a central point on a stem as long as the leaf. The leaves usually drop by the end of summer. Flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and bees.