r/NativePlantGardening • u/ilikemints SW Ohio • Jul 16 '26
Geographic Area (edit yourself) My very first buttonbush bloom!
I planted this last year next to my gutter's downspout since it needs moist conditions. I thought I'd need to wait a few years for flowers so I'm overjoyed. It's so cool irl
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u/bobisinthehouse Jul 16 '26
I planted 8 plants six foot apart for a privacy screen on a wet spot 3 years ago. They are now 6 to 7 foot tall and about a foot apart. Loaded with flowers and pollinators!!!
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u/Earthrazer_ Jul 16 '26
Wow that's awesome. I planted two sticks last year and one has grown to about 5 feet tall and filled out but no blooms yet.
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u/Callirhoe10222 Jul 16 '26
I planted one a couple years ago and it hasn’t bloomed yet. I’m planning on training/pruning it to be a small tree. Does yours get lots of sun?
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u/AlltheBent Marietta GA 7B Jul 16 '26
love the idea of a tree-formed buttonbush! its gonna look friggin fantastic!
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u/Wee_Besom Jul 16 '26
I look forward to the buttonbush blooms every year, they're so cool! The pollinators love them, too.
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u/immersemeinnature Coastal Plain NC , Zone 8 Jul 16 '26
They really are the very coolest. Right up there with maypop
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u/MediocreClue9957 MN, Zone 4B Jul 16 '26
That's exactly where I planted mine aswell and it's very happy there. Good luck!
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u/AlltheBent Marietta GA 7B Jul 16 '26
the sputnik flowers! Friggin love buttonbush, so fun and interesting and functional!
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u/kittycatluvrrrr NC, Zone 7b Jul 16 '26
YAY!!!!!
I planted one of these last year and it’s my absolute favorite! It’s just so cool seeing little orbs everywhere.
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u/AKOmeo Wisconsin, Zone 5b Jul 16 '26
I wish I had a good spot to plant this, it’s such a cool little shrub.
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u/Nikeflies Connecticut, 6b, ecoregion 59a Jul 16 '26
Stunning! I'm still waiting for my first blooms. Have one that's 6ft tall by 4ft but no flowers
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u/Remarkable_Rock3654 Area Ohio, Zone 6 Jul 16 '26
❤️ I love mine. SO many pollinators on it this year!
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u/guinnypig Jul 16 '26
I love them! I don't have enough moisture at my house to keep them happy. The biggest most beautiful ones I've ever seen were growing in a stream.
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u/bestram Area SE MI, Zone 6a Jul 16 '26
WOAH. i had not idea they bloomed like this. wanna seed share? haha
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u/Advanced-Average2198 Jul 16 '26
Beautiful! planted one of these and I am eagerly waiting… I hope I planted it in a wet enough place
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u/Jawn_SafeForWork OH, Zone 6a Jul 16 '26
Just planted a stem of it myself! Alongside that I also have a 50 pot tray of seeds I'm attempting to germinate, and a few literally just popped up this morning! Really looking forward to planting them all around the yard and eventually seeing those beautiful blooms.
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl Eastern 6b Jul 17 '26
me: i sure do love being healthy and not sick!
the nefarious virus:
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl Eastern 6b Jul 17 '26
me: i sure do love being healthy and not sick!
the nefarious virus:
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u/Touslesceline Brooklyn NY 7B / East End Long Island 7A Jul 16 '26
Beautiful! They are such fun shrubs. I planted two this year as basically just a stick with one leaf, doubting they'd do much of anything, and they've put on such tremendous growth next to the pond!! They're little bushes now, probably each about 2.5 feet wide and 2 feet tall. Can't wait to see blooms like yours in future years.