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 ...

On the corner of Tyrone Avenue and Hortense Street in Sherman Oaks, you may be overwhelmed by the presence of a 15-foot tall (and wide) butterfly bush covered with hundreds of fragrant lilac ...

I used to prune my mother's 8-foot-tall butterfly bush down to 18 inches every January. You could reduce a 4-foot-tall shrub to 12 inches without a problem.

Butterfly bush typically reaches 8 to 12 feet tall and wide, but some cultivars may be smaller or larger. “Plant it in full sun for best blooming, but it can take part shade.

A. Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii, can be a very attractive plant in the landscape, both to the gardener and to the butterflies. It bears abundant panicles of flowers in colors from pale pink ...

The idea of 3-foot tall or shorter buddleias or butterfly bushes seemed like just what the doctor ordered to be able to incorporate them with lantanas, rudbeckias, gaillardia and salvias for a ...

Thomas Ondrey, The Plain DealerButterfly bushes die back to the ground every winter, then send out new growth in the spring.

Find out when to prune a butterfly bush and how to make the right cuts to enjoy more flowers on this fast-growing shrub.

Find out when to prune a butterfly bush and how to make the right cuts to enjoy more flowers on this fast-growing shrub.