SUGAR SHACK® BUTTONBUSH - CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS 'SMCOSS'

Common Name: Sugar Shack® buttonbush

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Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cephalanthus
Species: occidentalis 'SMCOSS'

Hardiness Zone: 2 to 7
Height: 3 to 4 ft
Width: 3 to 4 ft

Description: Sugar Shack® Buttonbush is a compact form of the native buttonbush, which can reach 12 ft tall. This shrub offers fragrant white flowers in an orb shape. The flowers give way to red spherical seed pods in late summer. Glossy green foliage changes to burgundy in the autumn. This shrub can be planted in wet locations such as raingarden and in full sun to part shade. Butterflies and hummingbirds love this plant!