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| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
If you are into plants like Alice Ijams our namesake and you are longing to see a flower with "dense spherical inflorescence borne on a short peduncle," then do we have a shrub for you. To me, it's flowers actually look like an exploding supernova. KAPOW!
Near the American beautyberry (see last post), there's a second native flowering shrub in bloom near the Visitors Center parking lot.
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is found in many wetland habitats including swamps, floodplains, mangrove, pocosin, riparian zones and moist forest understory.
Near the American beautyberry (see last post), there's a second native flowering shrub in bloom near the Visitors Center parking lot.
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is found in many wetland habitats including swamps, floodplains, mangrove, pocosin, riparian zones and moist forest understory.
Also like beautyberry, buttonbush makes an excellent native ornamental shrub for your backyard.
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