Buttonbush / Honeyball Shrub White Flower Hummingbirds

The Buttonbush is a fragrant woody shrub with ball-shaped flower heads that are very unique! They are great near ponds and streams, and water birds such as ducks enjoy eating their seeds.

They are also a host plant for the Sphinx Moth and a nesting site for songbirds. As if that is not enough, they also attract HUMMINGBIRDS!

Name: Buttonbush Shrub
Other Common Names: Honeyball
Scientific Name: Cephalanthus Occidentalis
Color: White
Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost
Bloom Time: June - Aug
Hardiness Zone: 3 - 6
Plant Height: 48 - 96"
Plant Spacing: 36 - 60"
Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade
Soil & Water Preferences: Moist