Buckeye bucking back

As previously advertised, two of the Ohio Buckeyes planted from seed last year (out of three) are showing signs of life, one (left in the snap above) rather more than the other (right). Last serious sighting at reference 1.

Having gone on about them a bit, I thought this morning that I ought to check that I had got the right plant - and as it turns out, references 2 and 3 suggest that I have. A snag being that reference 3 talks of them not liking it dry, which probably explains why they lost their leaves last summer, towards the end of the hot, dry spell. This year I shall try to be more careful about watering.

Reference 3 also tells us that these are messy trees, with plenty of droppings. Best not near houses or in ornamental beds. Which should not be a problem in this case. Also that the trees develop a tap root, which might, in the future, provide some protection against drought.

PS: plenty of seeds coming up in the compost bank behind, the bank that is to be found towards the end of reference 4. And the newts seem to be having fun with the joined up ponds - ponds which are staying joined up for longer stretches than usual, suggesting that the ground is really getting quite wet now. While the three or four tulips, to the right of the Buckeyes, mostly off snap, don't seem to be doing very well at all for some reason.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/06/week-five-plus.html.

Reference 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_glabra.

Reference 3: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=281045.

Reference 4: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2023/02/excavation-two.html.