How to Grow and Care for Adina

Adina pilulifera (Adina pilulifera) is a diverting shrub most notable for its attractive yellow flowers. The name button brush comes from the unique flowers which look just like the stereotypical image of a virus. This plant is a major food of the larval stage of the Staff Sergeant butterfly (Athyma selenophora).

Resembling an exploding firework, the deciduous chinese buttonbush is sometimes mistaken for the larger Buttonbrush. Chinese buttonbush produces a fragrant flower and is suitable for Butterfly gardens. It is unusual for tolerating dry shade when shrubs naturally flourish in wet soil.

Haldina cordifolia, syn. Adina cordifolia, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, the sole species in the genus Haldina. It is native to southern Asia, from India east to Yunnan and Vietnam and south to Peninsular Malaysia. It is known as Kadam or Kadamba in Hindi and Gáo tròn in Vietnamese. Haldina cordifolia is a deciduous tree that can grow well over 20 metres high. The flowers may be insignificant individually but can be seen as attractive when they bloom together in inflorescences with a circumference of 20–30 mm. They are usually yellow often tinged with a shade of pink. H. cordifolia usually blossoms during winter (dry season) months. The bark of the tree acts as an antiseptic.