Bottlebrush Buckeye

Tagged as: Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color, Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Four Season Landscape

Botanical Name: Aesculus parviflora
Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye

Updated 2/2012

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Height: 8-12' Spread: 12-15' Habit/Form: Broad, spreading
Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 4-8

Cultural Requirements: Grows in full sun, but best in partial shade. Prefers a moist, well-drained soil high in organic matter. Plants are drought sensitive and should be watered in dry periods.

Ornamental Characteristics: Wonderful coarse-textured, dark green compound leaves turn rich buttery yellow in the fall. The attractive, 8-12-inch, white, pyramidal spiked flowers appear in early July and resemble bottlebrushes. Over time, the plant will grow twice as broad as it is high.

Uses in the Landscape: One of the best shrubs for screening because of its suckering characteristics. Bottlebrush buckeye should be used only in large-scale plantings. Ideal for understory planting in woodland gardens, as a specimen plant, or in a shrub border.

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