Deno’s Garden

Aesculus pavia

Red Buckeye · Firecracker Plant · Red Horse-chestnut

Family SapindaceaeGenus Aesculus

Upright red flower panicles above glossy palmate leaves
FlowerEric HuntCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

The plant

Habit
Perennial, Shrub, TreePLANTS Database
Height
25.0 ftPLANTS Database
Flower
RedPLANTS Database
Blooms
Late SpringPLANTS Database
Native range
North AmericaGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Native range
Native to the lower 48 statesPLANTS Database

Growing conditions

Sun
Shade tolerance: Low
Moisture
Moisture use: High

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

about 3 months from start to sowing. Then 7 days to germinate.

Germinates in 1–7 days.

Deno's percentage is printed "109%" and cannot be read. The three months at 40 can be moist or dry: the seeds are large enough to carry their own moisture.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Aesculus p. 89Public domain
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Aesculus (Hippocastanaeae). A. hippocasteanum and A. pavia behaved identically and germ. 40-70 (109% in 1-7 d). The first 3 m at 40 can be conducted either moist or dry. Apparently there is enough moisture in these large seeds so that DS at 40 has the same effect as placing in moisture at 40.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Aesculus p. 89. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.