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 ...

Buddleia, also known as buddleja or the butterfly bush, can look unkempt and straggly if it's not pruned correctly. If the plant is not pruned, the plant will appear twiggy and bare. Most gardening ...

Deadheading your buddleia is as easy as picking away spent blossoms to encourage new growth but doing this at the right time is crucial to controlling this lush shrub. Keeping this seed rich plant ...

GINA PARKINSON gives the buddleia its spring chop – a trim that will give this tough shrub a boost. DAYLIGHT is increasing and soon it will be possible to get some gardening done before work. It takes ...