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Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
Family Hippocastanaceae
Botanical Name Aesculus parviflora
Common Name Bottlebrush Buckeye
Size 8 - 12' tall by 8 - 15' spread
Hardiness Zone 4 - 8(9)
Culture Transplant into moist, high organic matter, well-drained soil; full sun to shade; pH adaptable.
Ornamental Value Coarse leaf texture, mid-summer flowers, minimal foliage diseases.
Landscape Use For large areas, use in massing, shrub border, as a specimen, or understory shrub.
Key Identifying Characteristics Opposite, palmately compound leaves; pear-shaped fruit; stout, gray-brown stems with raised lenticels.
Notable Cultivars 'Rogers'
Campus Location Ag: near Horse Corral; Main: behind Int'l House
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