Aesculus parviflora, 2018 photo
"Aesculus parviflora, 2018 photo, Bottlebrush Buckeye, , USDA Hardiness Zone 4, white, Michigan Bloom Month 7b, In Garden Bed F4.13 a75 for 21.3 YEARS (Ways). Planted in 1997.
About 15 deciduous species of trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, palmately compound, 5-11 leaflets, the middle leaflet often largest. Flowers white, yellow, pink or red in erect terminal clusters, calyx 5-lobed, 4-5 petals. Fruit smooth, scaly, or spiny, with 1-6 seeds, seed light or dark brown with a conspicuous lighter circular patch. Aesculus: the classical Latin name for an oak with edible acorns, applied to this genus by Linnaeus. An occasional sucker.
Aesculus parviflora, 2018 photo
"Aesculus parviflora, 2018 photo, Bottlebrush Buckeye, , USDA Hardiness Zone 4, white, Michigan Bloom Month 7b, In Garden Bed F4.13 a75 for 21.3 YEARS (Ways). Planted in 1997.
About 15 deciduous species of trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, palmately compound, 5-11 leaflets, the middle leaflet often largest. Flowers white, yellow, pink or red in erect terminal clusters, calyx 5-lobed, 4-5 petals. Fruit smooth, scaly, or spiny, with 1-6 seeds, seed light or dark brown with a conspicuous lighter circular patch. Aesculus: the classical Latin name for an oak with edible acorns, applied to this genus by Linnaeus. An occasional sucker.