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Buttonbush

Buttonbush is listed botanically as Cephalanthus occidentalis. It may also be listed as Common Buttonbush, button-willow, honey-bells, eastern buttonbush. The current taxonomy reference places it in the genus Cephalanthus and in the family Rubiaceae. PlotPal currently carries Buttonbush as an outdoor growing and shrub reference. Recorded garden roles include native, pollinator, rain garden. Use this guide as practical growing context, then adjust decisions to the actual weather, soil, container or bed, variety, and conditions in your garden.