Bottlebrush Buckeye is one of the showiest flowering deciduous shrubs for the dappled shade garden with a dense, mounding form with large leaves that turn yellow in fall. Long erect panicles of airy white flowers with red anthers bloom in summer and give way to glossy, inedible nuts (buckeyes).  Flowers best in rich, moist soils.  Drought intolerant, particularly in youth.

Aesculus parviflora is a host to moths, and provides nectar for bees and hummingbirds.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Watering can be reduced after establishment. 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges.

COMPANION PLANTS: Heuchera, Hosta, Red Maple

Image: Plant Image Library, Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye) (27756225433), CC BY-SA 2.0

Image: Magnus Manske, P1000645 Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye) (Hippocastanaceae) Flower, CC BY-SA 3.0