Cephalanthus 'Magical Moonlight'
Button Bush 'Magical Moonlight'
Button Bush bears glossy green leaves that turn yellow-orange in Autumn, and golf-ball sized, fragrant, spherical white-cream flowers that are covered in pin-like stamens, making the flower look like a lychee, are produced in mid Summer to early Autumn. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies 'Magical Moonlight' bears white tubular flowers thar open to form spheres, covered in yellow-tipped, pin-like stamens.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Button Bush 'Magical Moonlight'
Latin name
Cephalanthus 'Magical Moonlight'
type
Deciduous shrub or small tree
family
Rubiaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
1.50 M
Cephalanthus 'Magical Moonlight'
Button Bush bears glossy green leaves that turn yellow-orange in Autumn, and golf-ball sized, fragrant, spherical white-cream flowers that are covered in pin-like stamens, making the flower look like a lychee, are produced in mid Summer to early Autumn. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies 'Magical Moonlight' bears white tubular flowers thar open to form spheres, covered in yellow-tipped, pin-like stamens.
Flowers
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
The spherical flowers that are covered in pin-like stamens, appear in mid Summer to early Autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant Cephalanthus in a sunny, or partially sunny, site in fertile, moist but free-draining soil that is neutral or acidic.
Propagating by cuttings
From Late Summer TO Late Summer
Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in late Summer. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)