(Free) Bottlebrush Buckeye Plant
Commonly called bottlebrush buckeye is noted for being one of the best summer flowering shrubs for shade areas.
Bottlebrush buckeye plant. Aesculus parviflora the bottlebrush buckeye is a species of suckering deciduous shrub in the sapindaceae family. Flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. The species is native to the southeastern united states where it is found primarily in alabama and georgia with a disjunct population in south carolina along the savannah river. Bottlebrush buckeye needs moist well drained soil and partial to full shade. Flowers give way to glossy inedible nuts buckeyes. About a week to 10 days before planting you should add aged manure and a compost layer that is 2 to 4 inches thick. Dense mounding form with large leaves creates a wonderful presence as a foundation shrub or massed under trees.
You can decide on a site. It is a dense mounded suckering deciduous multi stemmed shrub which typically grows 6 12 tall. Bottlebrush buckeye the morton arboretum. On may 17 2013 plant it from valparaiso in wrote. Also known as aesculus macrostachya. You should prepare an. One of the showiest flowering shrubs for the dappled shade garden.
Bottlebrush buckeye aesculus parviflora. It is useful as an understory planting in woodland gardens as a specimen plant or in a shrub border. Serotina it s a slightly larger shrub with very large flower stems about 30 inches long photo farther down the page that blooms a couple of weeks. Bottlebrush buckeye is a deciduous stoloniferous shrub that typically grows about 8 feet tall and twice as wide but given enough time can get even bigger. Bottlebrush buckeye needs moist well drained soil and partial to full shade. It has many upright slender branches that produce a mass of saucer sized compound leaves with five to seven elongate leaflets emerging individually from a 4 inch long petiole. Growing bottlebrush buckeye shrubs once you choose a site to grow the bush clear it from any kind of weeds and organic matter.
Usda nrcs national plant data center npdc. United states dc washington usda ars national arboretum. Bottlebrush buckeye thrives in light shade but it also does well in full sun as long as it is well mulched and plenty of moisture is provided. People often expect the prettiest plants to be a pain to grow but that certainly isn t the case here. Rarely eaten by deer. Bottlebrush buckeye is a handsome shrub that has memorable long fluffy white flower clusters in early july.