buttonwood
Conocarpus erectus
USDA zones9 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry or moist or wet soil
Size20 to 40 feet tall20 to 40 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- White
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) is a shrub for low maintenance planting and hedges. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full sun and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Clusters of whitish flowers come first, and purplish-green, cone-like fruits follow. The scaly-ridged bark gives bromeliads and orchids a place to attach.
Pairs well with Seagrape, Florida fiddlewood, Island marlberry, and Coralbean.
Native range
FL and HI.