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Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora): Large Shrub with Showy White Summer Flower Spikes

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Overview

Bottlebrush buckeye is a large, palmate-leaved shrub (6–10 feet) with showy 12-inch white flower spikes in summer, followed by smooth fruit. Leaves emerge bronze, turn yellow in fall. Slowly suckers to form colonies but not invasive.

Cultivation

Full sun to part shade; moist, well-drained soil. Adaptable to wide range of sites. Propagate by suckers or seed.

Landscape Uses

Woodland gardens, specimen, native plantings. Deer tolerant. Attracts pollinators.

Other: Bottlebrush Buckeye 'Rogers' (Aesculus parviflora var. serotina 'Rogers'): 30-Inch Flower Spikes Blooming Later; Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa): White Flowers, Purple Fruit, Wine-Red Fall Color; Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora): Drought-Tolerant Succulent with Coral Pink Flowers; Robinia hispida: Rose Acacia; October Daphne (Sedum sieboldii): Mound-Forming with Rosy Flowers & Blue-Green Leaves; Trachycarpus fortunei (Chinese Windmill Palm): Hardy Palm for Temperate Gardens; Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Bush): Maple-Leaf Foliage and Red Fruit; Viburnum × burkwoodii 'Conoy': Fragrant Spring Flowers and Evergreen Foliage; Great Design Plant: Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) — Summer Fireworks for Shade Gardens; Hesperaloe parviflora 'Yellow' – Yellow-Flowered Red Yucca

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