Botanical name
Cephalanthus ‘Magical Moonlight’
Other names
Button bush ‘Magical Moonlight’, Buttonbush ‘Magical Moonlight’
Genus
Cephalanthus
Variety or Cultivar
‘Magical Moonlight’ _ ‘Magical Moonlight’ is a compact, upright to rounded, deciduous shrub with glossy, ovate, mid-green leaves and spherical clusters of fragrant, tubular, creamy-white flowers in mid- to late summer.
Native to
Garden origin
Foliage
Deciduous
Fragrance
Flowers are fragrant
Habit
Rounded, Upright
Toxicity
Leaves are toxic if ingested
Flower
Cream in Summer
Foliage
Green in Summer
General care
Pruning
Pruning group 6.
Propagation methods
Layering, Semi-ripe cuttings
Cephalanthus ‘Magical Moonlight’ (Button bush ‘Magical Moonlight’) will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 1.5m after 10-20 years.
Suggested uses
Banks and Slopes, Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Butterflies, Bog garden, City, Cottage/Informal, Waterside, Wildlife
Cultivation
Plant in fertile, humus-rich, neutral to acid, moist but well-drained soil in full sun.
Soil type
Loamy, Sandy
Soil drainage
Moist but well-drained
Soil pH
Acid, Neutral
Light
Full Sun
Aspect
South, West
Exposure
Exposed, Sheltered