It's important to know how to prune buddleia, and when to do it, to keep this vigorous shrub under control. Failing to do so can result in this popular and hardy plant becoming a little unruly.

Q: I have recently planted a butterfly bush in my backyard and it's growing rapidly. When is the right time to prune it? It currently has beautiful flowers and is great for attracting butterflies, but ...

Aldi suggests trimming last year's growth back to roughly 30-60cm from ground level, adjusting based on the plant's size and vigour. He said: "It can look brutal. But buddleia responds very well to a ...

You now have just weeks or even days to make sure plants like shrubs and fruit bushes do their best ...

February is a quiet, in-between month in the garden. The days are gradually getting longer and the birdsong louder, but spring is not quite ready to arrive. Many trees and shrubs will still be in ...

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Often known as the butterfly bush, buddleia should be cut back firmly before spring gets going. It flowers on new wood, meaning the blooms you see in the summer grow on shoots produced that year. If ...

Since it produces flowers on new wood—meaning summer blooms emerge from shoots developed that same year—achieving "big, dramatic flower spikes" requires hard pruning "now". Aldi recommends cutting ...