| Description | Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) is a wide-spreading suckering shrub covered with white bottlebrush-like flowers in July. |
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| Pronunciation | (ES-kew-lus)(par-vih-FLOR-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist well drained soils, adaptable |
| Flowers | White, four petals, pink stamens, and red anthers are found on bottlebrush-shaped panicles and bloom in late June to July. Nectar-rich flowers attract birds and bees. |
| Fruit | The protein rich nuts are consumed by small mammals, nuts can be toxic to humans. They are produced in a leathery capsule. |
| Leaves | Leaves are opposite, palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets and dark green in summer turning to a golden yellow in the fall |
| Stems | The lower branches can rest on the ground |
| Dimensions | Reaches 6-12 feet tall by equal or greater spread. |
| Maintenance | White, four petals, pink stamens, and red anthers are found on bottlebrush-shaped panicles and bloom in late June to July. Nectar-rich flowers attract birds and bees. |
| Propagation | seeds, root cuttings |
| Native Site | North America |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery) |
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