Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Shrubs ), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Buttonbush, Honey Bells, Honeyball, Button Willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis), Rubiaceae Family, Texas native, perennial, deciduous, large shrub or small tree, blooms in mid-summer, needs regular water to abundant water

This is an upright multiple branching shrub which produces long-stalked, up to 1.5 inches wide, fragrant, sperical-shaped flowerheads that are composed of tiny blooms that have long projecting styles. Butterflies and bees love the flowerheads.

It can be found in wet open areas, river bottomland, stream margins, pond margins, wetland woods, thickets, swamps, shallow standing water and sink-hole ponds. It can be used in woodland areas, wildscapes (needs plenty of water), pond margins, at the edge of ponds, at the edge of water gardens, in low spots or shrub borders.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1515/

The blooms are followed by hard, dark brown, spherical, ball-like fruits composed of multiple tiny nutlets each of which contain 2 seeds. The fruit mature in late summer through fall and persist through the winter.