Pruning butterfly bush in summer

Butterfly bushes are hugely popular in the South for many reasons.

How far should you cut back butterfly bushes?

They’re easy to grow and bloom all summer long in shades of pink, purple, white, and magenta. Of course, they also provide nectar-rich food for butterflies, which visit these pretty shrubs all season long. Since they bloom in the summer, some may think you should prune them in the fall, but the best time to prune butterfly bushes is actually in late winter to early spring.

Most butterfly bushes thrive in USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9 (check your zone here). They can max out at 10 to 12 feet tall and wide, though dwarf types reach only a few feet tall, making them ideal in compact gardens.

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Although some types of butterfly bushes are considered invasive in a few regions of the country, many new cultivars are seedless or non-invasive. These often are marketed as “summer lilacs.”

While butterfly bushes offer loads of nectar for adult butterflies, they don’t provide food for the caterpillars or larval stages of butterflies.

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