You should tell us where you are gardening (city, state, gardening zone) and advice will be better targeted. I have always been willing to excise chunks of my Aesculus parviflora and send them off to folks unable to procure them any other way. Probably too late in the spring this year, with bud break well underway. I wasn't part of this original thread, but had I been, I would have posted on what Bottlebrush Buckeye can do. I started off with a bunch (9? 10?) 2 gallon pots, installed in 1992 around the inside of a circular gravel drive They've grown together wonderfully, melding with the other plantings nearby. We've had some of the oldest trunks die off, but the layering and additional stems have provided a continuous surface of foliage and blooms, and propagules from the exuberant outward attempts to consume the driveway. It is also really easy to grow from the copious seed that can be set if you keep your plants reasonably moist through droughty periods in summer. September is harvest time here at the Valley. I don't think you can plant too many of these. Landscapes are built for editing - which can also translate into sharing - so if you perceive you've over-consumed, remove some or give them away. Planting too little is also easily overcome by addition - which is what I expect the original landscape design was attempting to avoid.

Ego45 - that is absolutely stupendous. I love A. parviflora. How old is it and how much water/sun? Of course keeping one like that going is a different story than getting them started. There is one that size at Holden Arboretum and I am just totally in love with it. I make a point of visiting it in the summertime when in bloom - prob my favorite single plant in the whole arboretum. I've inquired at several nurseries around here and told I can get a 1 or 2 gallon plant for about $50 and they say its slow growing. I have a very large area that I wanted to surround with it and hide the area from the road, and have a long curved bench in the middle. I was thinking of starting burning bush as a fast grower to allow the Aesculus to fill in. Can always rip out the Euonymous later. Westy - That goatsbeard lasts maybe a month. Then the plumes do turn brown. The plant is very pretty though - nice leaves. If I get a lot of rain during blooming it will cause the plumes to lean but I don't bother tying it up. A benefit for me is it appears to be deer resistant - they don't touch it at all. I love color, its just this path is devoted to hosta, ferns, azaleas, columbine, leucoethoe, rhodos, etc. It seems that a lot of shade plants have white flowers. A big exception are the lobelias and they are just terrific

Have: Virginia Creeper, Hackberry, Swamp White Oak, Lacebark Elm, Bald Cypress. In SW OKC.

Thanks for the lovely photos, bengz6 and tsuga! Quick question, how much water do these typically need? I tend to over-water rather than under, so I don’t want to kill them with kindness. Been trying to keep the soil evenly moist, but not sopping wet, and some of the leaves are yellowing. But it seems like it’s the old sun-burned growth, not the new lighter green growth. Using a moisture meter and my index finger as a gauge.