Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis 5 gallon

Large deciduous shrub with a usual height of under 10 feet, but it can reach 45 feet. Leaves are ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, to 6 inches long, and glossy above. Cream colored flowers in balls that resemble something like a space satellite bloom in summer. Poor drainage is ok and it can be found growing a foot under water. Excellent plant for erosion control along streams and other bodies of water. Native to much of North America, excluding the northwest.