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Aesculus parviflora, 2017, [Bottlebrush Buckeye]
"Aesculus parviflora, 2017, [Bottlebrush Buckeye], ESS-kew-luss par-vih-FLORE-uh (Horsechestnut, small flowers), 8-10 ft #Shrub, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, white, Bloom Month 7b, In Garden Bed F4.13 O75 for 20.3 YEARS.
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, 2017, [Bottlebrush Buckeye]
"Aesculus parviflora, 2017, [Bottlebrush Buckeye], ESS-kew-luss par-vih-FLORE-uh (Horsechestnut, small flowers), 8-10 ft #Shrub, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, white, Bloom Month 7b, In Garden Bed F4.13 O75 for 20.3 YEARS.
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.