Bottlebrush Buckeye 'Rogers'

Flowering is later than the species. Inflorescences are huge, up to 30" long. They don't hold themselves upright like candles, but bend a...Read Morend weave like snakes, or like the inflorescences of the taller bugbanes (Cimicifuga/Actaea).

The plants are also larger than the species, sometimes reaching 20' tall. The habit is suckering/spreading, like a sumac, but not as aggressive.

Easily propagated by pulling up a sucker and replanting.

Great for defining space in a "natural" garden, where there's enough room.

'Rogers' is definitely Aesculus parviflora var serotina and NOT Aesculus arguta. The two are not synonyms.

very nice and easy to grow plant in almost any kind of soil. It is unique in flower timing and appearance. Pictures cant capture the te...Read Morexture of the plant in flower well. Flower stalks can be quite long. This plant flowers in late July here.

'Rogers' bottlebrush buckeye is a selection of the later-blooming Aesculus parviflora var. serotina. 'Rogers' blooms several weeks later...Read More than the standard bottlebrush buckeye, and with flower heads that are half again as big.

This is quite an impressive show, and it extends the bloom season for these fine shrubs longer into the summer months.

Your pollinating insect population will thank you for providing this shrub in your landscape.