Shade Gardening: midsummer in the shade, 1 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I was driving up my driveway tonight after work and drove right past one of my bottlebrush buckeyes. I couldn't help taking it's picture, it was looking fabulous.
What a great plant, in case anyone needs a big sprawling mid-summer blooming shade-loving shrub. This one is planted in nothing more than the stone rubble alongside my driveway. It gets no supplemental irrigation other than what mother nature provides. I can't imagine how a plant this big can be surviving in such circumstances, but it seems to be doing just fine. I don't know if it will outgrow it's space at some point, but 10 years on, it's still doing fine. I just thought others with empty woodland space might want to check it out to see if it would work for you too.