When to Prune Your Butterfly Bush
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- November
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I got a call last week from a reader who wanted to know if she should prune her butterfly bush now, before winter sets in.
No, you want to wait until spring, after new growth begins to appear on the lower branches. Then you can cut it back hard, to about 12 to 18 inches from the ground.
Here’s a link to a springtime post with more specific directions — and photos.
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
