Aesculus parviflora var. serotina Drought Tolerant Camellia saluenensis (long spelled saluensis

Camellia saluenensis (long spelled saluensis in the trade)

when Walter Swingle crossed a Ruby orange with the tough

three to five feet in time and a little wider

the parent of the better-known pink form

Aesculus parviflora var. serotina Drought Tolerant Camellia saluenensis (long spelled saluensisA wide spreading, suckering, multi stemmed deciduous shrub of slow, deliberate growth, Aesculus parviflora var. serotina carries the same upright white bottlebrush flowers as the bottlebrush buckeye, but opens them two to three weeks later, well into the heat of summer. The overall shape is irregular and almost stratified, the branches layering horizontally, and the medium to dark green leaves turn a clear yellow in fall. The late bloom is the point.