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Advice on pruning butterfly weeds #72792 March 11th, 2006 at 06:50 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Santa Fe, NM J jackc1212 OP Junior Member
OP jackc1212 Junior Member J Joined: Mar 2006 Santa Fe, NM	Hello! I am looking for some advice on how to "prune" butterfly weeds. I can find a lot of info on Butterfly Bushes...but not the weeds. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Peggie

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Re: Advice on pruning butterfly weeds #72793 March 12th, 2006 at 12:09 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 ridgeland,SC USA mom54 Heaven's Gardener
mom54 Heaven's Gardener Joined: Aug 2002 ridgeland,SC USA	If your talking about the flowers, they don't need to be pruned. I let them reseed and just cut off the dried stems. The seed heads float around and sometimes come up on their own.

Re: Advice on pruning butterfly weeds #72794 March 14th, 2006 at 12:05 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 SE TX`in the yard somewhere mo... njoynit Member
njoynit Member Joined: Jul 2003 SE TX`in the yard somewhere mo...	I trim the dead stems off of mine.you need to search for wintering larva also.There is a white also that blooms early spring& they recomend not trimming it as it flowers on old wood.Its not a common one.

Re: Advice on pruning butterfly weeds #72795 March 14th, 2006 at 02:46 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 ridgeland,SC USA mom54 Heaven's Gardener
mom54 Heaven's Gardener Joined: Aug 2002 ridgeland,SC USA	Hey Jack, if you go to the Garden Encyclopedia here in this site, it will tell you all about Butterfly weed. Latin name is Asclepias Tuberosa. There is a photo of it. I think it's the same one you're talking about...........Enjoy

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