Q: I have recently planted a butterfly bush in my backyard and it's growing rapidly. When is the right time to prune it? It currently has beautiful flowers and is great for attracting butterflies, but ...

BUDDLEJA is a popular shrub, loved for its flamboyant flowers. However, if you neglect to prune your buddleja, you won't get the best displays. Here's when to prune your buddleja - it's earlier than ...

Butterfly bushes (Buddleja davidii) are known as one of the best plants to attract a variety of butterflies to your yard thanks to their large, nectar-filled flowers. As a bonus, their pink-purple ...

Buddlejas, those beautiful butterfly bushes so called because their nectar rich flower spikes attract butterflies to them, are probably the most amenable of all shrubs to soil type, acid or alkaline, ...

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 ...

Butterfly bushes are considered invasive plants in many areas of the United States. Native plants like asters and zinnias are equally attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. If planting a ...

In May, when my new, blue butterfly bush started to bloom, I realized it could be the focal point for a patriotic garden. It also was the season for patriotic sentiments with Memorial Day, Flag Day ...

With spring approaching, this £2 shrub is a great way to bring butterflies, birds, and bees into your garden - as well as a vibrant flush of colour. Gardeners are obsessed with a new discount shrub ...

There's always a great deal of debate in the gardening world about whether or not native plants are more desirable to native wildlife. I have a suspicion that when it comes to sap-sucking insects like ...