Aesculus pavia var. humilis Fred Heutte explains a great deal about

explains a great deal about the plant: upright

dense and well-furnished

Through August and September

begged from a neighbor rather than bought

where steady moisture brings out the fine texture

Aesculus pavia var. humilis Fred Heutte explains a great deal aboutA low, often half prostrate form of the red buckeye, Aesculus pavia var. humilis keeps to a small, spreading shrub where the typical red buckeye grows into a small tree. The scarlet spring flowers come in smaller panicles, and in every other respect the plant follows the species: lustrous palmate leaves that break early, a love of moist, well drained woodland soil, and the same magnetism for returning hummingbirds. The dwarf habit makes this red