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You are bidding on 5 BOTTLEBRUSH BUCKEYE SEEDS ( NUTS ) - Aesculus parviflora .

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This is noted for being one of the best summer-flowering shrubs for shade areas. It is a dense, mounded, suckering, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub which typically grows 6-12' tall. Features palmate green leaves (5-7 leaflets) .

Small, white flowers with conspicuous red anthers and pinkish filaments in 8-12 inches bottlebrush-like clusters in summer (July). Flowers are more upright then the serotine variety .

Flowers give way to glossy , pear-shaped nuts (buckeyes) encased in husks . 

Autumn foliage yellow green, occasionally yellow.

Zone: 4 to 8
Mature Height: 6-12 Feet
Mature Width: 15-20 Feet


Medicinal use : Anti-periodic, anti-rheumatic. Used in the treatment of colic, piles, constipation and whooping cough.

Edible parts : Seed - cooked. It can be dried and ground into a powder and used as a gruel. The seed is quite large and easily harvested .

Other uses of : Saponins contained in the seed are used a soap substitute. The saponins can be easily obtained by chopping the seed into small pieces and infusing them in hot water. This water can then be used for washing the body, clothes etc. Its main drawback is a lingering odor of horse chestnuts. Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. They are slow to establish but eventually form large spreading clumps. Wood - easily worked. Used for making water troughs, packing cases, tea boxes, ornamental articles etc .


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