:: Butterfly bush :: also known as Buddleia ::

The Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight', Buddleia 'Pink Delight', has fragrant, deep pink flowers on a compact growing butterfly bush. The leaves are grayish green to add interest. It is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts deep pink flowers from mid-summer and is a butterfly magnet.

These bushes flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. In fact, it's more than attractive it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar.

This deciduous bush blooms mid-summer to early fall. Butterflies and bees will flock to the honey-scented blossoms, whose dilute nectar is sweetest in midday sun. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

Available Buddleias Pink Delight Royal Red Black Knight White Bouquet Claret Purple White

The next popular buddleia is the 'Black Knight', it is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts dark purple flower from mid-summer and is also a butterfly magnet.

This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies.

In fact, it's more than attractive it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar. This deciduous bush blooms mid-summer to early fall. Butterflies and bees will flock to the honey-scented blossoms, whose dilute nectar is sweetest in midday sun.

Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

How to prune butterfly bushes:

It is suggested to prune butterfly bushes back to about 4 feet high for the winter (so that heavy winter snow won't crush the bush to the ground). And don't cut the butterfly bushes back too early; November is the most common recommendation.

Butterfly bush care

In early June, cut off any branches which died over the winter. This is also a good time to trim the butterfly bush to the shape you'd like it to be. During the main blooming period, usually mid July through September, you might deadhead every two weeks or so. This assures that the bush will put its energy into producing more flowers rather than seed.