Cephalanthus occidentalis Button Bush honeyball seed & potted plant

Cephalanthus occidentalis Common Buttonbush, Honeyballs
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photo by cj	Habitat	Bloom Period	Color	Height Inches	Moisture	Plant Spacing	Lifespan
	Sun to Lt Shade	June - August	white	72 to 96	moist	36 to 72 Inches	Perennial shrub

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We have Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush plants available, $4.00 each plus UPS shipping
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Cephalanthus occidentalis seed Common Buttonbush shrub	approximate number of seeds	approximate coverage in square feet
1 packet - $2.50 + shipping	150	20 sq ft
1 ounce - $8.00	7,080	460 sq ft
1 pound - $60	113,280	7,360 sq ft

(Cephalanthus = flowering head)
(occidentalis = from the West)

Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush or Honeyball, is an attractive large woody shrub with showy, fragrant ball-shaped flower heads. Plant Button Bush shrubs in sunny, moist soil near a pond or stream or along a lake shore for protection from erosion caused by waves. The seeds of our native common buttonbush seeds are eaten by ducks and numerous other water birds and the fragrant flowers are a favorite nectar source for butterflies. Cephalanthus occidentalis Button Bush shrub provides excellent nesting area for songbirds.

Buttonbush is a host plant for the Sphinx Moth

Wild Common Buttonbush occurs naturally from Florida to Mexico, north to Nova Scotia, and west to Quebec, Ontario, and California. Rubiaceae (Madder Family)

Uses

Buttonbush is an obligate wetland shrub suitable for wetland restoration, created wetlands, and riparian zones. It has exceptional wildlife benefits. The seed is eaten by eight species of waterfowl and the twigs by three species of mammals. Buttonbush is a host plant for the Sphinx moth.

Description

Buttonbush is a large, multi-stemmed shrub that grows to a mature height of twelve feet. It has opposite, entire leaves 2-6 inches long and 1-3 inches wide. They are glabrous and green above. The flowers occur in dense, round, 1 inch diameter clusters which bloom from June to September. The seed matures in the round clusters that resemble those of the sycamore tree. This plant spreads by seed dispersal and resulting seedling establishment.

Adaptation and Distribution

The natural range of this shrub is from Florida to Mexico and north to Nova Scotia and Ontario. Buttonbush is best adapted to shorelines and swamps with saturated soil and full sunlight. It will tolerate water depths up to three feet. Flowering is poor in the shade or in dry soils.

Establishment

One year old seedlings or rooted cuttings can be established at a two foot spacing for erosion control, or a wider spacing for wetland mitigation or habitat development. Controlling competition during the first growing season is the biggest establishment challenge. Scalp the existing vegetation from a two foot diameter area on which the seedling is being established. Unrooted cuttings can be established by pushing cuttings into the soil one foot apart for erosion control or wider for mitigation or habitat development.

Management

Buttonbush may be fertilized with a slow release fertilizer to enhance flowering and seed production. Plants on areas with fluctuating water levels may need debris cleared out of the canopy.

The map below shows areas where native Cephalanthus occidentalis button bush plants grow wild but it can be planted and will grow over a much wider area than shown. USDA plant hardiness zones 2 to 9.

Cephalanthus occidentalis Common ButtonBush	Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana	Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina	Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

Alabama Arizona

Please contact us by email for shipping charges on Cephalanthus occidentalis buttonbush
potted plants
Use the chart below for shipping charges on Cephalanthus occidentalis Common ButtonBush flower seeds, to order copy the order form or email questions, comments & orders to john

The minimum seed order amount is $10, this can be a combination of different seeds.

subtotal for flower seeds	shipping charge for seeds
seed orders up to $20.00 =	$3.00 shipping
$20.01 - $50.00 =	$4.00 shipping
$50.01-$100.00 =	$5.00 shipping
over $100.00 = 5 % of subtotal

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Cephalanthus occidentalis plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
(http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.