Compact shrub with glossy green leaves and round white pincushion-like flower balls

Buttonbush Sugar Shack® 2.0

3 Gallon
$75.99
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Compact shrub with glossy green leaves and round white pincushion-like flower balls
  • Compact shrub with glossy green leaves and round white pincushion-like flower balls
  • Compact shrub with glossy green leaves and round white pincushion-like flower balls
Buttonbush Sugar Shack® 2.0
Shrub · Zones 5–9
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Buttonbush Sugar Shack® 2.0

$75.99
Size3 Gallon
The short version

A shrub for full sun or part sun.

Native variety. Bees can get in.

Zones 5–9Full sun · Part sunKeep it moistNot pet-safe
Stock
In stockTracking the day it leaves
Promise
Arrives aliveOr we replace it. How
From Natorp's, Mason, Ohio Meet them
Spacing and size

3–4 ft apart.

Full growing guide
The story

Pincushions for the pollinators.

Round white flower balls, like little pincushions, cover glossy leaves in midsummer and draw bees and butterflies by the dozen. Red fruit clusters follow. A compact version of a native wetland shrub.

Light

Full sun for the most flowers; part shade is fine.

Water

Keep it moist. It tolerates standing water but not drought.

Planting

Plant in spring or fall, root ball level with the soil.

A compact native for wet spots that pollinators love.

The facts
Size3–4 ft tall and wideShowMidsummer flowers, red fruit into fallLightFull sun, Part sunZones5–9WaterKeep it moistGood forNative varietyPetsNot pet-safe; keep out of reach
Who it feeds
  • Caterpillars About 24 kinds of native butterflies and moths raise their caterpillars on Cephalanthus, going by the median county in a nationwide study. Caterpillars are what songbirds feed their chicks. Source
Full growing guide: feeding, pruning, the year, troubleshooting →
Plays well with

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