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California Buckeye, always one season ahead

… or, how I discovered Buckeye ‘bulbs’. California Buckeye, Aesculus californica, is always ahead of the season,…first to leaf out in late Winter, first to lose its leaves in summer, surprisingly, making it look quite dead in Fall.  Always one step ahead…and that’s how to identify it! The buckeye was the first tree that piqued my…