Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: bottlebrush buckeye, dwaft buckeye, dwarf horse chestnut

Family: Sapindaceae (Hop bush family, Soapberry family)

Distribution: North America

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Hardiness: 4a

Life form: Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub

Comments: Bottlebrush is well noted as one of the best summer flowering shrubs for shade. It features palmate leaves with erect showy cylindrical panicles of white tubular flowers which form at the ends of the branches. The flowers have showy red anthers with pinkish filaments which give way to glossy, pear shaped inedible nuts incased in husks. This shrub prefers rich and moist soils and is intolerant of dry conditions.