Buttonbush
- Botanical Name
- Cephalanthus occidentalis
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 11
- Height
- 3 to 6 feet, occasionally 10 to 15 feet in the southern part of its range
- Width
- 6 to 18 feet
- Flowers
- Summer: small, 1 inch ball-like clusters of creamy white flowers
- Fruit
- 1 inch rounded mass of nutlets which persists through winter
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet soils, adaptive to most soils except dry
- Planting & Care
- Attacts bees, butterflies and birds
- Easily propagated by hardwood and softwood cuttings
- Excellent for naturalizing in wet areas
- Prune in late winter or early spring before new growth begins
- Sensitive to drought and deep shade
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Bieberich - 8 to 10 feet rounded form
- Sugar Shack - compact 3 to 4 feet high, red fruit
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