Aesculus parviflora 25/2 Restock edible groundcover for a sunny

edible groundcover for a sunny bank

for the traffic those blooms draw

Climbing high by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts

blue-flowered Duranta with autumn color and a real collection history

corymbosa bridges summer and autumn

Aesculus parviflora 25/2 Restock edible groundcover for a sunnyIn July, when most of the shade garden has settled into a holding pattern of foliage and waiting, Aesculus parviflora opens for business. The timing is the first surprise. The flowers are the second. Each panicle is a foot or more of tightly packed white tubular blooms with conspicuous pink red anthers projecting beyond the petals, the whole spike held upright above the foliage like something assembled by a botanical committee that could not decide