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| On February 22nd, a red buckeye seedling was added to the arboretum catalogue, and it was discussed on the blog that same day. The seedling is pictured above. It was a particularly neat seedling because the buckeye seed was still visible, sitting on the ground. You can see those pictures here. |
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| Just two days later, the leaves turned white and the little seedling looked like it was at death's door. What happened? An obvious issue was that conspicuous seed. Was it drying out? This was a possibility given the warm, dry weather that week, so, for the sake of the new recruit, the seed was covered with a mound of wet, black soil dug up from the edge of the upper pond |
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| Perhaps that soil coverage did the trick because the seedling has already put out new leaves. Things are moving quickly this time of year in the arboretum. The red buckeye sprouted, died back, and was resurrected, all within the span of a month. |
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| These new red leaves of the red buckeye were photographed on Sunday, March 12, 2023. |
