24 Butterfly Bush New Growth

Butterfly bush need full sun. Avoid fertilizing butterfly bush.

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Butterfly bush new growth!!!

If you fertilize a butterfly bush too much it will promote leaf growth over flower production. You can prune back butterfly bush buddleia in late winter or early spring to encourage more new growth and flowers. The butterfly bush needs water during its growth season in early spring and during dry spells throughout the season. Butterfly bushes grow from 6 to 12 feet tall with a spread of 4 to 15 feet.

If it s late in the spring and you discover dead growth. Butterfly bushes die back each winter. Prune to the ground to encourage new growth and a more fountainlike shape. If the wilting leaves are shriveled and green the shrub suffers from herbicide.

You don t have to prune your butterfly bushes every year but its common practice to cut butterfly bushes very low each winter to encourage lots of new flowers next spring on the new growth. Caring for your butterfly bush to encourage new shoots and flower buds remove spent flower spikes deadhead. Butterfly bush need perfect drainage. If planting in fall make sure to get them in the ground well before first frost in order to develop a good root system before colder temperatures set in.

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