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Pruning Butterfly Bush #55157 March 22nd, 2006 at 05:33 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Union County, GA M mountaingirl1 OP Member
OP mountaingirl1 Member M Joined: Mar 2006 Union County, GA	I did not prune my butterfly bushes in the fall. In the winter the leaves dropped. In late Feb. they leafed out. Some of the foliage has been nipped and has begun to leaf out once again. Should I prune them now?

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Re: Pruning Butterfly Bush #55158 March 22nd, 2006 at 09:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut J johnCT Member
johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	I always cut my buddleias back to six inxches or so in late winter/early spring. I did it a couple weeks ago here.

Re: Pruning Butterfly Bush #55159 March 23rd, 2006 at 04:36 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Illinois patches1414 Member
patches1414 Member Joined: Feb 2006 Illinois	I'm in zone 5 and I pruned mine back about two weeks ago. patches

Re: Pruning Butterfly Bush #55160 March 23rd, 2006 at 02:38 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 norman, ok peppereater Member
peppereater Member Joined: Apr 2005 norman, ok	Butterfly bushes are very forgiving. Some cut them to the ground in late winter, or do as John does. I have never pruned mine, except for dead wood and deadheading. There's no wrong way, really...hard pruning promotes more flowering.

Re: Pruning Butterfly Bush #55161 March 23rd, 2006 at 11:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut J johnCT Member
johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	I've always also felt the need to deadhead my buddliea. The spent flower blooms make the shrub look terrible and these plants are scraggly(is that a word?) enough by themselves.

Re: Pruning Butterfly Bush #55162 March 31st, 2006 at 06:51 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Frankfort, KY K kyjoy Member
kyjoy Member K Joined: Oct 2003 Frankfort, KY	The more you deadhead, the more they bloom. They also bloom longer.

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