Button bush

Buttonbush is a unique plant that thrives in moist locations. If you're thinking about planting a rain garden, growing buttonbush is a great idea. Read this article for buttonbush plant info, including a few tips for buttonbush plant care.

Native to a wide range of the eastern and midwestern United States, buttonbush is finally receiving the attention and use that it deserves.

Find First Editions® Fiber Optics® Button Bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Bailoptics') in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota (MN) at Gertens (Button Willow, Honey Bells)

This post is part of an ongoing series highlighting some of the best plants for pollinators from coast-to-coast. Drawing from our books 100 Plants to Feed the Bees, Gardening for Butterflies , and our Monarch Nectar Plant Guides. Button Bush Cephalanthus occidentalis A popular cultivar of button bush is ‘Sputnik’ and when you see Read more ...

Learn how to plant, grow, and care for buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).

A shrub that I continue to promote in our area is the North American native buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) featured throughout this blog. Oddly enough I first saw this plant as … Continue reading "The Beautiful Buttonbush"

A wonderful butterfly magnet, Cephalanthus occidentalis (Button Bush) is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub of lax and loose, rounded habit. In early summer to early fall, it boasts long-lasting, unusual, spherical flower heads, 1.5 in. across (4 cm). Resembling pincushions, each scented flower head is packed with creamy-white, tubular flowers that are very attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and other insect pollinators. They mature into hard buttonlike balls in late summer, which…

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is a water-loving shrub with few care requirements. Learn more about how to grow this hardy, flowering shrub.

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