Cephalanthus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cephalanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cephalanthus (Greek, head and flower; flowers in heads). Rubiaceae. Button-bush. Bush grown for its attractive white flower-heads appearing in summer. Shrubs with opposite or whorled entire stipulate lvs.: fls. small, tubular, white or yellowish, 4-merous, with included stamens and long exserted style, in globular heads; ovary 2-celled: fr. dry, separating into 2 nutlets.—Five species in Amer. and Asia, of which only the one N. American species is cult: hardy ornamental shrub, with handsome glossy foliage and very attractive with its fl.- balls appearing late in summer. It thrives in any good garden soil, best in a sandy, somewhat moist one; naturally it grows in swamps and on the borders of streams and ponds, often with the sts. partly submerged. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of ripened wood in fall, and also by greenwood cuttings taken from forced plants early in spring. C. natalensis, Oliv. Branchlets hairy: lvs. ovate, acuminate, 1 in. long: fls. green, in solitary heads: fr. edible. S. Afr. B.M. 7400- Alfred Rerder. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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