Aesculus glabra var. nana Conifers heat-loving shrub of the southwestern

heat-loving shrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico

In zone 8 it behaves as a dieback shrub

Lovely with the blue and white wild indigos and early grasses

for the word hickory itself comes from the Virginia Algonquian pawcohiccora

a fast-drying oil long prized for paints

Aesculus glabra var. nana Conifers heat-loving shrub of the southwesternA rare dwarf form of the Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra var. nana was found in just a few places in the hills of northern Alabama and northern Georgia, far south of the species' usual range. Where the typical Ohio buckeye climbs to thirty feet or more, this dwarf settles into a rounded shrub of about six feet, carrying the same handsome palmate leaves divided into finger like leaflets that flush early and color in fall. Upright clusters of greenish