Butterfly bushes are hugely popular in the South for many reasons. They’re easy to grow and bloom all summer long in shades of pink, purple, white, and magenta. Of course, they also provide ...

One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a single season. Learning how and when to prune a butterfly bush can help you keep all ...

In April, your garden may be showing abundant signs of life. Maybe daffodils, violets, and crocuses have sprung up, and hopefully frost is a fading memory. Still, vestiges of winter may be around in ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carson Downing One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gardener cuts into the stems of a shrub with a pruner - ungvar/Shutterstock In April, your garden may be showing abundant signs ...