PORTNEUF VALLEY TREE GUIDE - City of Pocatello

Buckeye, YellowAesculus flava38Z 4-8Mature size: 50’h x 40’wGrowth rate: mediumAvailability: requestMedium green leaves turnorange-red in fall. One of our besttrees for fall color. Yellow flowerspikes appear in spring. Fruitis a smooth, rounded capsuleholding brown seeds (buckeyes).Gray and brown bark has largeflat plates and scales on oldtrunks. Less troubled by leafdiseases than other buckeyesand horsechestnuts.Where to see: 242 S. 7th byPresbyterian church, next tohorsechesnuts for comparison.© Michael Dirr© John SwintoskyCatalpa, NorthernCatalpa speciosaZ 4-9Mature size: 60’h x 30’wGrowth rate: moderately fastAvailability: readilyPerhaps the last tree to leaf outin spring. Large heart-shapedleaves, snowy white flower clusters,and dangling winter seedpodsoffer year-round interest. Veryhardy and adaptable. Can getchlorotic in overwatered lawns.Native in small area of Midwest;naturalized throughout easternand midwestern U.S.Where to see: 1352 E. Center.© Michael KuhnsLarge Deciduous Trees