Cephalanthus occidentalis Open House well over a hundred feet

well over a hundred feet in habitat and more slowly in cultivation

sweet fragrance on the flowers

the species has spread well beyond gardens into natural woods

Fragrance accounts for the wandering

Cephalanthus occidentalis Open House well over a hundred feetButtonbush is a rounded, deciduous native shrub, easily trained as a small multi stemmed tree, grown for the curious globe shaped flowers that give the plant its name. From early summer into fall, creamy white pincushion balls about an inch across stud the branches, each a sphere of tiny tubular flowers with projecting styles that lend a fireworks effect, intensely fragrant and alive with bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. A plant of wet places