Essential Tips for Pruning Butterfly Bushes 🦋🌸 pruning summer lilacs, also known as butterfly bushes, is essential for their health and the garden's biodiversity. These vibrant plants attract pollinators like bees and butterflies with their nectar-rich flowers, blooming from July to September. However, they can spread rapidly and may become invasive if not managed properly. annual pruning is recommended between December and February, avoiding frost and heavy sunlight for best results. A cloudy

How to prune butterfly bush! 🦋✂️ Is it too late to prune your butterfly bush? Believe it or not, it is not too late! Pruning your butterfly bush in early spring is the best time to remove any dead stems and shape the shrub while encouraging vigorous growth for the season ahead. Since butterfly bush blooms on new wood, the bigger the bud you’re cutting back to, the more vigorous growth you can expect! Did you prune your butterfly bush this spring? #butterflybush #gardencare #pruning #gardenmaint

33K views · 1.8K reactions | Deadheading butterfly bushes. Do you need to? If so, how? 3 Quick Steps ✂️ Follow the spent flower stem down to a set of leaves ✂️ Cut just above that set (about 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch will do) ✂️ Repeat until you don’t see brown | Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs | Facebook