Aesculus parviflora var. serotina 'Roger's'

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One of the showiest and easy-to-grow summer flowering shrubs for shady areas, the White Bottlebrush Buckeye is a North American native shrub that forms a large mound of bold foliage and an abundance of long, bottlebrush-like panicles of eye-catching tubular white flowers. 'Rogers' is the only known cultivar of Aesculus parviflora var. serotina. It was discovered by Joseph C. McDaniel (Professor of horticulture at the University of Illinois) growing in Urbana, Illinois in the early 1960s. In comparison to var. serotina, 'Rogers' blooms later and has more abundant flowers. While the flower spikes of the species are erect, those of 'Rogers' tend to gracefully droop because of their long length. The summer bloom is truly spectacular! The handsome deep green palmate leaves turn a pleasing yellow in fall. An excellent addition to the shade or woodland garden and shady flowering shrub borders.