{"id":4925,"date":"2013-06-04T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2013-06-10T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T16:26:43","slug":"give-lots-of-space-for-bottlebrush-buckeye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/06\/04\/give-lots-of-space-for-bottlebrush-buckeye\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Lots of Space To Bottlebrush Buckeye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4926\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Aesculus-parviflora-2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4926\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Aesculus-parviflora-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Aesculus parviflora (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Aesculus-parviflora-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Aesculus-parviflora-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Aesculus-parviflora-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aesculus parviflora in Louisville, KY<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you have lots of planting space, aggressive bottlebrush buckeye (<em>Aesculus parvifolia<\/em>) is what you want. This deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub grows 8 to 12 feet tall and 8 to 15 feet wide.A Southeastern U.S. native, bottlebrush buckeye is a late spring flowering shrub and requires little extra attention other than pruning. Plant in full sun in zones 5 and 6 and in partial shade in zones 7 and 8. It becomes very drought tolerant after two years establishment. <\/p>\n<p>Older unkempt shrubs can become aggressive spreaders and grow taller and wider. Roots develop a strong suckering propensity. Suckers are easily checked by closely mowing around the shrub. Otherwise, a three gallon (#3 size container) shrub may eventually swallow up 300-400 square feet of ground in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The white bottlebrush flowers in late spring-summer are spectacular. Reddish floral anthers add extra appeal. The white bottlebrush flower clusters are 12-18 inches long and stand tall above the foliage. Bottlebrush flowers for 2-3 weeks and attract numerous butterflies and other pollinators. <em>A. parvifolia<\/em> var serotina \u2018Rogers\u2019 blooms 3-4 weeks later than species.<\/p>\n<p>Bottlebrush buckeye has bold dark green palmately compound (5-7 leaflets) foliage. This shrub belongs to nature\u2019s \u201cbold and beautiful\u201d class. The compound foliage turns bright yellow for a short time in autumn before dropping. <\/p>\n<p>Few diseases or insects mar the foliage compared to other buckeyes and horsechestnuts. Bottlebrush appears resistant to deer and rabbits, perhaps because of its aggressive growth habit.<\/p>\n<p>The pear-shaped nuts (buckeyes), encased in husks, ripen in early fall. Collect early before critters swipe them. Fresh nuts should be planted immediately before they shrivel. Sow 2 inches deep in moist compost rich soil and several will germinate late next spring.<\/p>\n<p>Bottlebrush buckeye is commonly available from e-commerce nursery sources on-line and from wholesale nurseries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have lots of planting space, aggressive bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parvifolia) is what you want. This deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub grows 8 to 12 feet tall and 8 to 15 feet wide.A Southeastern U.S. native, bottlebrush buckeye is a late spring flowering shrub and requires little extra attention other than pruning. Plant in full sun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,747,1015,749,627,601,723,630,705,706,646,7,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4995,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions\/4995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}