Purple Butterfly Bush Purple Butterfly Weed

Water it a little more in the first year.

Purple butterfly bush purple butterfly weed. Pretty purple flowers in multiple shades are some of milkweed s finest sweet fragrant blossoms that fill air in late spiring and early summer easier to transplant successfully with no underground rhizome 2nd year growth. White different shades of pink purple and blue are all commonly seen in nurseries and garden centers. Where color is concerned the many cultivars of butterfly bush have butterfly weed beat. See pictures of the best non invasive butterfly bushes including miss molly and the lo and behold series plus find alternatives for black knight.

Their larval offspring have to feed on the leaves of native species like butterfly weed other milkweeds joe pye weed and oak trees. People rationalize their perceived need for butterfly bush. That s all you have to do to keep your butterfly bush healthy and bringing in monarchs and other butterflies. The butterfly bush buddleia davidii is a beautiful fast growing deciduous shrub with masses of blossoms long spiked trusses that bloom from summer to autumn.

Each spring prune the branches down to where you see new leaves forming fairly close to the ground. Learn how to plant care for and prune butterfly bush in your garden.