This conical, clump-forming shrub or small tree grows from 2 to 6 meters tall with a spread equal or greater than the height. Leaves are glossy with five leaflets. It blooms in late May, June, or July depending on the location. Flowers are bright crimson borne in panicles 15 cm long. Red Buckeye loses is leaves early and there in no appreciable fall color.
Fruit is poisonous to humans and livestock.
Native to southeastern U.S. Ames 22071 was purchased from Oikos Tree Crops in Kalamazoo, MI in 1994. Probable hardiness USDA Zone 5a. Betula platyphylla Sukachev. Asian White Birch. This tree is allied to B. pendula .