Latin Name: Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Bailoptics'
Height: 5 - 6 feet
Spread: 5 - 6 feet
Sunlight: Full Sun
Bloom Time: June
Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Description:Sweetly fragrant flower heads consist of tiny tubular creamy white flowers in a ball-shaped cluster, attracting a number of different pollinators. These then turn into a golf ball sized red fruit, containing seeds for birds, including waterfowl. Glossy green foliage change to shades of red, bronze, and yellow in fall. This variety of buttonbush is unique in that not only does it love wet soils, it will also tolerate dry soil. This buttonbush is a nativar.
Attracts: Bees; Butterflies; Hummingbirds; Birds
Other Names: Button Bush