Buttonbush Cephalanthus Occidentalis

* An easily grown plant, it prefers an open position in a moisture retentive or wet neutral to acid humus-rich soil. * Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant.

Buttonbush shrubs love garden ponds, rain ponds, river banks, swamps or just about any site that is consistently wet. It is a relatively fast-growing plant that will rebound quickly.

(Honeyball; Honey bells) A handsome native shrub found growing in wet areas of eastern North America. Controversially, the bark contains cephalanthin, a compound that is both a poison and a source of its healing powers.

Growing 6-10' tall and 5-8' wide, the rounded shrub is a great choice for erosion control on slopes. This unusual native shrub is great for moist or wet locations in the landscape where it will form lots of very fragrant pincushion shaped flowers in early...

The fruit is sweet and nutritious, it can also be dried or ground into a powder and mixed with cereal flours to be made into a bread.The cones are about 10mm in diameter, they take 2 years to mature.

The fruit is sweet and nutritious, it can also be dried or ground into a powder and mixed with cereal flours to be made into a bread.The cones are about 10mm in diameter, they take 2 years to mature.

Sweetly fragrant, they add a lot to the garden. Just half the size of the species, it's a terrific fit in most borders, woodland gardens, and even the foundation. These luminous white blooms are unlike any other in the garden, quite a show when observed...

Lucky for me, my friend did manage to find it at a local nursery that never carried it before, and he nabbed it, knowing how much I've wanted one. Even though it came to me in its dormant state, I recognized it immediately.

The Chinese Buttonbush is tolerant of moist to wet soils as well as light shade and partial shade but will also do quite well in full sun in average soils. Beautiful glossy dark green, fine textured foliage makes this tardily deciduous shrub attractive...

* Indigenous peoples used to chew gum produced from the tree as well as eat the cambium and sap. * The wood is highly prized as firewood in the Pacific Northwest where it is commonly called "Tamarack," although it is a different species than the Tamarack...

1" powdery-blue to purple blooms are borne in profusion from spring to fall on this durable rounded perennial. Attracts bees, butterflies, and other garden beneficials. It normally returns from the roots in spring and often reseeds itself.

Buttonbush is generally found growing near streams, ponds, ditches and other consistently moist sites. The Buttonbush is a vigorous, medium-sized to large growing, deciduous shrub that does best in consistently moist soils with most of a day of sunlight.

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* Did you Know? * Keep out of hands of small children Western Larch Decorative Cones Create Magnifcient Rustic Accents for Home & Wreaths. Bring the outdoors in with the unique Larch Cone Designs from one or Oregon's best kept secret trees that have a...

An infusion of the root has been used to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Western snowberry is grown for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, and as a bird food plant in habitat landscapes.

American Indians ate them with parched corn. * The fruit and seed can be ground up finely together and used as a flavouring. It is a moderately long-lived hardwood with a light-colored wood, yellowish gray to light brown with yellow streaks.

* The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

American Indians ate them with parched corn. * The fruit and seed can be ground up finely together and used as a flavouring. It is a moderately long-lived hardwood with a light-colored wood, yellowish gray to light brown with yellow streaks.

An infusion of the root has been used to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Western snowberry is grown for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, and as a bird food plant in habitat landscapes.

* The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

The bark provides a faint reddish dye for the finished basketry. * The showy flowers are bright pink or magenta, and grow in clusters all over the shrub, making the plant very colorful and noticeable in the landscape.

* An American sycamore tree is easily recognized by its mottled exfoliating bark. * Its wood has been used extensively for butcher's blocks. * A huge tree when mature--early explorers in central New York noted one with a diameter of 12'; open habit, attractive...

The bark provides a faint reddish dye for the finished basketry. * The showy flowers are bright pink or magenta, and grow in clusters all over the shrub, making the plant very colorful and noticeable in the landscape.

* An American sycamore tree is easily recognized by its mottled exfoliating bark. * Its wood has been used extensively for butcher's blocks. * A huge tree when mature--early explorers in central New York noted one with a diameter of 12'; open habit, attractive...

* An American sycamore tree is easily recognized by its mottled exfoliating bark. * Its wood has been used extensively for butcher's blocks. * A huge tree when mature--early explorers in central New York noted one with a diameter of 12'; open habit, attractive...

It has yellow fall color, is easily transplanted and not particular as to soil. * Usually the common hackberry forms a medium sized tree, thirty to fifty feet in height, with a slender trunk; however, it can rise to the height of one hundred and thirty...