Planting Butterfly Bush

You can create this by mixing 4 inches of well-aged compost into the top 12. A bad frost after this kind of pruning can kill back all. Growing Butterfly Bushes Butterfly Bush Grow Butterflies Plants Standard butterfly bush cultivars grow 6 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 10 feet wide but dwarf varieties are usually half the size or smaller. Growing dwarf butterfly bush . Dig a hole about twice the diameter of the root ball and set your plant in the garden no deeper than it was growing in its nursery pot. If its late in the spring and you discover dead growth on your butterfly bush prune it away. Keep in mind that butterfly bush Buddleia davidii grows to heights of 4 to 10 feet 1 to 25 m with a width of around 5 feet 15 m. Butterfly bushes can grow well in containers provided the right potting mix and container location. Avoid planting in overly shady positions the lack of light can inhibit flowering. For maximum impact plant in masses. For best flowering at least 6 hours