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 ...

Butterfly Bush is one of those shrubs that gets the best of a lot of us. We never can truly anticipate just how huge they can get over the course of a season! So in this video I clearly demonstrate ...

Q: We have some lovely butterfly bushes that are getting too big for their space. When is the best month to prune them back?Letty Konenkamp, Greene County A: Butterfly bush responds very well to ...

Spring is a good time to prune most of the trees, shrubs, and evergreens in the yard. For most people, that means getting out the power shears (or chainsaw) and “whacking back the bushes” into balls ...

Butterfly bush (buddleia) that blooms on new wood Most common butterfly bushes, like Buddleja davidii, flower on new wood. Hence, you should cut it back a lot in late winter. Hard pruning the old ...

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 ...

Lots of people think deep winter is either too late or too early for pruning. But for many shrubs, climbers, and perennials, it's actually the perfect time. The plant is still mostly dormant or only ...