Sugar Shack® ('SMCOSS') Buttonbush is a more compact version of our interesting native Cephalanthus.  The white puffball flowers appear in mid to late summer, attracting butterflies and other pollinators.  The blooms are followed by red mace shaped fruit and burgundy foliage in the fall, providing food for wildlife as well as visual interest.  Buttonbush is a host plant for titan sphinx moths and hydrangea sphinx moth caterpillars.  Cephalanthus is very wet site tolerant (we first saw it while canoeing as little children), so it is an excellent bog, bioswale or rain garden shrub.  2024 PHS Gold Medal Plant.

• Category: Woody Ornamentals
• Alternate Cultivar: 'SMCOSS'
• Patent: PP26543
• Hardiness Zone: 4
• Height: 4 Feet
• Spread: 4 Feet
• Bloom Color: White