Most butterfly bush, or Buddleia, species are fully hardy down to zone 5, so you don't need to worry about winterizing in most US states. Deep watering is recommended after planting.

Butterflies fancy them, and so do gardeners looking for desert-hardy substitutes for fragrant lilacs. While this plant delivers in the lilac look-alike department, I’m sorry to say that its delicate ...

In late summer, as kids flock back to school, butterflies flitter and flutter to buddleia, aptly nicknamed butterfly bush.“Butterfly bush is one of those plants that lives up to its publicity ...

Red, white plants complement blue butterfly bush My blue butterfly bush was already more three feet tall, and the garden area had room for a red and white border. For that, I selected white penta ...

The butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii, is now listed as a Class C noxious weed by the state. Gardeners may be eyeing the butterfly bushes in their landscape and wondering whether their particular ...

“Good golly, Miss Molly. How beautiful you are.”That’s just the response one of my Facebook followers wrote upon seeing my post.This was a statement of awe about one of the best butterfly ...

iSTOCK InternationalButterfly bush The butterfly bush has all of the attributes of a dream plant. It is easy to grow, produces an abundance of fragrant blooms that bring in hordes of butterflies ...

BUZZ -- As the name suggests, Butterfly bushes such as this Buzz Velvet Buddleja attract butterflies all summer long. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman) By . Special to The Mississippi ...

Butterfly southern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia 'Butterfly') is a nice shrub for the central Ohio landscape. This summer-flowering shrub grows as a mound with horizontal arching red ...

A Monarch butterfly perches on a royal red butterfly bush at the Greenburgh Nature Center. (June 27, 2012). Credit: Newsday / Leslie Barbaro ...

If you keep your eyes open wandering Chicagoland, you may see a solitary apple tree or lilac bush being swarmed by butterflies – dozens, possibly over a hundred butterflies at a time.

Are there butterfly bushes that are reliably noninvasive, in addition to the Lo and Behold types that are being marketed as sterile? I have seen Miss Ruby, Miss Molly and the Flutterby series liste… ...