Description: Substantial shrub, slightly layered appearance of the branches: leaves very much in the style of Horse Chestnut (Aesculus) although smoother, veins less prominent. Leaves were: (deep breath) Opposite (in pairs across the branch), palmate (in segments like fingers on a hand, in this case 5-7 leaflets), petiolate (stalked), ovate (widest at middle, tapering towards the point) (although I am prepared to be corrected on that description!) Flowers in spikes, bottle-brush being a very good description of the arrangment: but instead of the usual gorgeous Horse Chestnut flower (just you look clo