Buttonbush vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Buttonbush vs Flowering Raspberry

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Rubus odoratus

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Buttonbush
Flowering Raspberry

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 Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Buttonbush Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: any
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: large, white, spherical
Flowers: purple
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: high
Suckering: low
Suckering: high




Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry