Marianne's Response
Butterfly Bush
I planted a butterfly bush last spring and it did extremely well. I am surprised that it stayed fairly green all winter. I thought it would die off like my other plants. Why did it stay green?
Posted by Robin Graves on February 24, 2020
Marianne's Response
Congrats your buddleah or butterfly bush likes where you planted it. It is just happy it did not suffer a very cold winter. Don't worry about the foliage that stayed as new growth will soon cover it up. You can also prune back the butterfly bush in early spring and the new shoots will have only fresh new growth without the faded leaves from last summer. Some varieties are more hardy than others and looks like you have one tough shrub. Enjoy. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
