Tammy SonsFounder/CEO, TN Nursery · CEO TN Nursery

Harvesting life stakes #LiveStakes #Gardening #environmentalawareness #tnnursery #garden #native

30 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this instructional video, Bailey from TN Nursery demonstrates how to cut buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) into live stakes for a government reforestation program. He explains the cutting process, showing stakes trimmed to about 3‑foot lengths, and describes the plant’s hardiness, preferred swampy, sandy, or clay soils, low maintenance nature, and resistance to disease. Bailey highlights the ecological value of buttonbush, noting its attraction of butterflies and moths, and its suitability for residential landscaping where roots are non‑invasive. The video concludes with a promotional call‑to‑action offering a buy‑one‑get‑one‑free deal on buttonbush live stakes at TNNursery.net.

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¡Hey everyone! It's Bailey with TN Nursery, TNNursery.net. Uh, today we're cutting buttonbush live stakes for a big reforestation program for the government, and I'm going to show y'all how the boys cut them here. This is a row of buttonbush, and we cut them down to almost the ground, and then they'll come right back up in spring and get about 10 feet tall all over again. And right up here, I'll show you them cutting them. Buttonbush loves swampy ground. They also do good in yards. They like sandy soil and clay soils. They're just a very hardy tree that can be grown in your yard. People actually grow them against their house because their roots don't bother nothing. They're a very hardy and low-maintenance bush. They don't get any diseases where they're a native. You just plant them and let them do their own thing. They attract all kinds of butterflies and moths. And here they are cutting them. Here's an example of livestock. See, we cut them in about in half. The order's for like 3-foot-long live stakes, and these are about 6-foot-long stakes. And here they are cutting them. You can't go wrong with planting button bush because of its looks and because of its hardiness and it being a native and all the beautiful wildlife it attracts. Shop now at TNNursery.net. These are buy one, get one free. TNNursery.net.