Plant Details:
Category:
Shade & Flowering Trees
Height:
30 ft. - 35 ft.
Width:
15 ft. - 20 ft.
Zones:
4a - 4a
Exposure:
Sun
Common Name: Mystic Ruby Horsechestnut, Buckeye
Description & Overview ‘Mystic Ruby™’ Buckeye is a co-owned introduction by Mike Yanny of JN Plant Selections LLC and Johnson’s Nursery. It’s a red-flowering Buckeye that arose from a crop of Aesculus glabra, the Ohio Buckeye that had hybridized with Aesculus pavia, the Red Buckeye. It was a chance seedling found by our field production manager, Aaron Jambura, who discovered the plant here at Johnsons Nursery in 2003. What makes this plant unique are its beautiful pinkish-red blossoms on a tree that is considerably more cold-hardy than other red-flowered Aesculus.
