If someone took 75% of your food away, you wouldn't be a happy camper. But when you grow invasive butterfly bushes and other plants that provide only nectar, that's what you're doing to birds and ...

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 ...

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 butterfly ...

Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...

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 ...

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.

Buddleia Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink is a Louisiana Super Plants selection for spring. (Allen Owings) The cultivar name is a mouthful, but it is well worth remembering: Buddleia Flutterby ...

Q: I have planted butterfly bushes the past two springs. The first one did not come back at all. The one from last year seems mostly dead but has one branch that is getting some green on it. I planted ...