Find out when to prune a butterfly bush and how to make the right cuts to enjoy more flowers on this fast-growing shrub. One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on ...

Buddleia is often dismissed as a weedy shrub, spotted growing in cracks by railway tracks or abandoned car lots. But I think we should give more time to this flowering plant. Yes, it is tough and ...

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 ...

There's one showy, pollinator-friendly summer bloomer that loves a good late-winter haircut — prune it right, and it'll flutter back with twice the drama.

* What it is: Just about everyone short of discerning horticulturists thinks the chaste tree is a butterfly bush when they see one blooming this time of year. It’s easy to understand because chaste ...