Buttonbush vs Smooth Rose - TreeTime.ca

Buttonbush vs Smooth Rose

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Rosa blanda

CUSTOM GROW

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Buttonbush
Smooth Rose

Buttonbush is a moisture loving shrub that provides year round interest.

It has round, fragrant flowers resembling small buttons or pincushions. The flowers transform into small reddish-brown fruit that persists into winter while the leaves take on shades of red in fall.

Providing essential food to bees, butterflies, and other insects, this shrub is versatile. Try it in your next shrub border.

The Smooth Rose is a hardy shrub and is nearly-thornless. This plant is a vigorous grower that is covered in the summer with fragrant, pale pink and white flowers. In the fall, this shrub produces bright-red rose hips that are high in Vitamin C making them great for syrups and preserves.

The Smooth Rose, also known as the Meadow Rose or Prairie Rose, is great for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden.

Buttonbush Quick Facts

Smooth Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 2a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: any
Light: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: low
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium


Bark: thin smooth
Flowers: large, white, spherical
Flowers: pink and white
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB
Native to: SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NT
Other Names: meadow rose, wild rose