I rescued a few Mexican buckeyes a week ago from the developer's bulldozer in San Antonio. If you can wait another month to see if they survived in pots I can give you one that is almost 3 feet tall. By the way, they grow great on well draining high ground in Angleton, TX. Thomas

I Planted 19 more seeds of the Texas native Mexican Buckeye (Uganda speciosa) and got 19 sprouts but one is this adorable but sadly doomed albino baby. It will die after it eats up all the energy in the large fleshy seed. Here's it in a better perspective. It was the first to sprout and the slowest to grow. Link to MEXICAN BUCKEYE

I've been wanting to have some Mexican buckeye trees added to my landscape, does anyone have any fresh seed?

I bought 50 seeds of these on eBay 5 0r 6 years ago and I think at least 49 or them germinated and grew so I had plenty to spread around in different amounts of sun and shade. I'm a hunerd miles south of the Alamo and much hotter, drier and sunnier. The ones in midday shade grow faster and look better- they are about 12' tall now. They are all under an automated sprinkler system. I would agree that they are probably over- rated as a lawn specimen or similar because the late winter flowers are so fleeting but the foliage makes them a nice filler plant most of the year.