During early to mid summer when bottlebrush buckeye is in full bloom it is a sight to behold.  White, fluffy, bottlebrush shaped flowers appear in June and can be up to 12″ in length.  Bottlebrush buckeye is suited for large areas such as woodland gardens  or an under story planting or perhaps a lawn specimen.  This is a suckering plant, so it will colonize in an area.  Blooms on old wood so prune as needed after blooming.  Fall color is a nice buttery yellow.  If you are looking for a large growing shrub that will thrive and bloom in the shade bottlebrush buckeye may be your answer.  The Missouri Botanical Garden has a large planting of bottlebrush buckeye south of the Climatron.