Pruning your butterfly bushes is one of those necessary, but easily forgotten chores. A fear of doing it incorrectly, plus the busy nature of life, is a formula for an overgrown butterfly bush that ...

One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a single season. Learning how and when to prune a butterfly bush can help you keep all ...

Here’s when to trim back this summer-flowering shrub. Butterfly bushes are hugely popular in the South for many reasons. They’re easy to grow and bloom all summer long in shades of pink, purple, white ...

And one of my favorite shrubs that is a cinch to grow and prune is the butterfly bush, Buddleja spp. In this video I demonstrate how to prune your butterfly bush back quite hard so that your plants ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carson Downing One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a ...