[Liste] Bottlebrush Buckeye Plant
It is useful as an understory planting in woodland gardens as a specimen plant or in a shrub border.
Bottlebrush buckeye plant. Bottlebrush buckeye is a handsome shrub that has memorable long fluffy white flower clusters in early july. 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 is a deciduous stoloniferous shrub that typically grows about 8 feet tall and twice as wide but given enough time can get even bigger. 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. Dense mounding form with large leaves creates a wonderful presence as a foundation shrub or massed under trees. Bottlebrush buckeye needs moist well drained soil and partial to full shade. United states dc washington usda ars national arboretum.
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. About a week to 10 days before planting you should add aged manure and a compost layer that is 2 to 4 inches thick. Squirrels and chipmunks love the protein rich nuts that ripen in the fall. Bottlebrush buckeye aesculus parviflora. 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. You can decide on a site. Growing bottlebrush buckeye shrubs once you choose a site to grow the bush clear it from any kind of weeds and organic matter.
Flowers give way to glossy inedible nuts buckeyes. Flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. It is a dense mounded suckering deciduous multi stemmed shrub which typically grows 6 12 tall. Rarely eaten by deer. One of the showiest flowering shrubs for the dappled shade garden. Also known as aesculus macrostachya. Bottlebrush buckeye needs moist well drained soil and partial to full shade.
You should prepare an. Usda nrcs national plant data center npdc. Commonly called bottlebrush buckeye is noted for being one of the best summer flowering shrubs for shade areas. Bottlebrush buckeye the morton arboretum. Years after i found my original plant chicago area nurseryman roy klehm learned that i loved aesculus and recommended the later blooming variety called rogers a selection from a. On may 17 2013 plant it from valparaiso in wrote.