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 ...

This perennial shrub is known for attracting butterflies, but to bring in the most pollinators, you should follow these ...

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 ...

Today is Q&A day. Q: I have a butterfly bush that has gone berserk. It is over 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide and is too big for my small backyard. But I love it. Can I keep trimming it back or should ...

I have four butterfly bushes that are full of bloom and beautiful. My question is when is the best time to prune and suggestions on doing so. A: This is a question I get at almost every talk I do.

Spring is the best time to prune butterfly bushes. Pruning in the late fall or winter leaves them susceptible to frost damage. Wait until the spring to do a hard prune (pruning it back to one foot ...

Q: When is the best time to cut back butterfly bushes and burning bushes? Also, how far back can we cut them? A: End of winter (late March to early April) is the best time to prune both... right ...