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Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Florida Native Bog Tree
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- Regular price $11.00
- 4 available
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Buttonbush
Rubiaceae
Plant Specifics
Deer browse the foliage. Ducks and other birds including jays, cardinals, nuthatches, titmice, warblers, and mockingbirds consume the seed.
Host plant to several moths including titan sphinx (Aellopos titan) and hydrangea sphinx (Darapsa versicolor) moths (https://xerces.org/blog/planting-for-pollinators-button-bush).
Flowers are very attractive to a variety of insects including butterflies and bees.
1 gallon pots, shipped bare root and wrapped carefully if shipping is selected. Native bog or lake-edge large shrub to small tree. Amazing, beautiful flowers that everything loves to pollinate!
| Size: | 5 to 20 ft tall by 4 to 8 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | White | |
| Fruit Color: | Brown | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous. Blooms in late spring. Fruits ripen in summer. Lifespan likely >50 yrs (Nelson). | |
| Habitats: | Marshes, swamps, river floodplains |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Wetlands and wetland edges as a specimen plant with a pleasing multi-stemmed vase-shape. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
Very wet
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| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Clay, Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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