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Buttonbush
The late emerging foliage leaves the shrub almost dead looking until late spring. The Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis, is a rounded, 6 to 8 feet tall and occasionally reaqching 10 to 12 feet tall shrub. The fruit is a nutlet that persists through winter. Native from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Minnesota, Oklahoma and southern New Mexico, Arizona, California, into Mexico and Cuba. It prefers moist situations, not dry tolerant, and best used for naturalizing in wet areas. Flowers are creamy-white, on spherical heads, 1 to 1 1/4 inches long, blooming in late summer. It is very open, almost gangly in habit. ... find out more
Mock Orange - Sweet Some mock oranges are without fragrance. The bloom period is quite short, normally not more than 7 to 10 days. There is no color change in the fall. It is possible that most mock oranges will suffer from occasional tip kill in zone 4 and quite often in zone 3. |
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