Growing advice for butterfly bush in pots To begin, choose a large pot, at least 12 to 16 inches wide, with a good-sized drainage hole. Providing plenty of room to grow will prevent you from ...

Q. We’re hoping to plant a garden that will attract butterflies. Growing up, we had a butterfly bush I loved because it always seemed to have butterflies on it. One of my neighbors says that ...

The appeal of a butterfly bush can’t be denied. Impressive panicles of tiny blooms, a fast-growing habit, and the perception that it’s a friend to pollinators—sounds great, right? Not so fast.

Less-invasive butterfly bush cultivars include the Pugster series from Proven Winners, which offers full-sized flowers on a compact plant; as well as the Lo & Behold series and the ‘Miss’ series.

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 ...

Grow butterfly southern bush honeysuckle as an addition to the garden border, en masse or even as a hedge. When grown as a hedge, it doesn't need front border plants, as it has leaves and branches ...

Butterfly bush offers a wonderful, late summer fragrance. It's a fragrance that might transport you back to your childhood. Butterfly bush is not just for smelling though. The plant is also well ...

The butterfly bush has all of the attributes of a dream plant. It is easy to grow, produces an abundance of fragrant blooms that bring in hordes of butterflies and is drought-tolerant.

While this plant delivers in the lilac look-alike department, I’m sorry to say that its delicate Plant of the week: Butterfly bush | At Home | eastvalleytribune.com Skip to main content ...

The woolly butterfly bush (Buddleia marrubiifolia) is a near-native from the neighboring Chihuahuan desert. It’s a great pollinator plant, has attractive grey-green leaves and bright orange ...

Not surprisingly, my choice new plant for 2018 is the blue butterfly bush (Clerodendrum ugandense.) It’s my first blue flowering plant – and to quote my friend, Virginia, “I’m crazy about ...

Q. We’re hoping to plant a garden that will attract butterflies. Growing up, we had a butterfly bush I loved because it always seemed to have butterflies on it. One of my neighbors says that ...