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Hardiness Zone: 4-9
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Mature Height: 5-6 Feet
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Mature Spread: 5-6 Feet
Buy Fiber Optics® Buttonbush online. Fiber Optics® Buttonbush is an excellent plant for wet and boggy soil conditions, and is an improvement over the coarser Cephalanthus occidentalis that grows twice the size of this compact selection. It is used in wetland restorations, and along watersheds and ponds. The flowers are creamy white and beloved food source for pollinators, and once it produces seed, is a great food source for waterfowl.
Family: Rubiaceae
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Common Name: Buttonbush
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FIBER OPTICS® BUTTONBUSH Plant Characteristics
Bark Type*
| • | Rough |
Brand*
| • | First Editions® |
Cultural Information*
| • | Leaf Scorch – High Resistance |
| • | Leaf Spot – High Resistance |
| • | Powdery Mildew – High Resistance |
| • | Root Rot – High Resistance |
Flower Color*
| • | Creamy White |
| • | White |
Flower Type*
| • | Fragrant |
Fruit Type*
| • | Non-Edible Fruit |
Growth Habit*
| • | Compact Growing |
Growth Rate*
| • | Medium |
Leaf Color Fall*
| • | Green |
Leaf Color Spring*
| • | Green |
Leaf Color Summer*
| • | Green |
Leaf Type*
| • | Deciduous/Herbaceous |
Nature Assets*
| • | Attracts Bees |
| • | Attracts Birds |
| • | Attracts Butterflies |
| • | Deer Resistant |
Plant Type*
| • | Shrub |
Preferred Planting Season*
| • | Fall Planting |
| • | Spring Planting |
| • | Summer Planting |
Preferred Soil Conditions*
| • | Adapts Well to Most Soil Types |
| • | Adapts Well to Wet Areas |
| • | Average |
| • | Moist |
| • | Prefers Low pH (Acidic Soils) |
| • | Salt Tolerant |
| • | Tolerates Low pH (Acidic Soils) |
Propagation Methods*
| • | Cuttings or Divisions |
| • | Seed |
Season of Interest*
| • | Early Spring |
| • | Fall |
| • | Late Spring/Early Summer |
| • | Late Summer/Early Autumn |
| • | Spring |
| • | Summer |
Sun Exposure*
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Northern States |
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Southern States |
Uses*
| • | Accent Plant |
| • | Landscape Specimen |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Near Water Gardens or Ponds |
| • | Under Power Lines |
| • | Understory Planting |
| • | Wildlife Habitat |
| • | Flowering |
Exposure (Short)
| • | Full Sun |







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