Bottlebrush Buckeye - Aesculus parviflora Songbirds Wildlife Value: Flowers attract pollinating

Wildlife Value: Flowers attract pollinating flies

Truly a feast for the eyes throughout the year

Poor drainage areas can be a gardener’s nightmare

In the ocean of an autumn landscape

seeds loved by chipmunks and songbirds

Bottlebrush Buckeye - Aesculus parviflora Songbirds Wildlife Value: Flowers attract pollinatingBottlebrush Buckeye is prized as one of the most attractive of all flowering shrubs for shade. Over time, this multi stemmed shrub will slowly form a thicket, creating mounding green masses of distinct, palmate leaves. In summer, tall, white, bottlebrush like flowers appear like giant fairy candles, attracting pollinators of all sorts, especially Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. The show continues into fall when the leaves turn pure gold,