Add unique beauty and ecological benefits to your landscape with Buttonbush. This native shrub, which reaches 6-7 feet tall, is known for its striking, fragrant white spherical flowers that bloom from late spring to summer. These blooms attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, making it an excellent choice for enhancing your garden's ecosystem. Perfect for wet soils, Buttonbush thrives in full sun to partial shade, making it ideal for pond edges, rain gardens, and naturalized landscapes.
Buttonbush provides several key benefits. Its eye-catching blooms are spherical clusters of fragrant white flowers that draw in pollinators. Additionally, it serves as a wildlife habitat, providing food and shelter for birds, bees, and butterflies. Its water-friendly nature allows it to thrive in wet soils, making it an excellent choice for pond or streamside plantings. The shrub is also low maintenance, easy to grow, and adaptable to various landscape settings.
Soil Requirements for Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis):
Buttonbush thrives in consistently moist, wet, or even periodically flooded soils, making it ideal for rain gardens, pond edges, and wetland restoration. It prefers loamy, sandy, or clay soils that retain moisture well. While it grows best in slightly acidic to neutral soils (pH 5.5–7.5), it is adaptable to a range of soil conditions. Unlike many other shrubs, Buttonbush tolerates poor drainage and can handle standing water.
For optimal growth, plant Buttonbush in full sun to partial shade and ensure the soil remains consistently moist.
