Pruning Shrubbery – Butterfly Bushes

Q: I need basic information on pruning shrubbery, including my butterfly bush.
A: It is good you have a butterfly bush to experiment on because the results of pruning this shrub are so dramatic. You can simply remove everything down to 12 – 18 inches above the ground in January. This results in lots of new growth on which your flowers will be produced in summer. I have lots of pruning tips
plus an excellent UGA guide at bit.ly/GAprunecal
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Soil Spring Summer Seed Winter Fall Flowers Weed Fertilizer Disease Shade Temperature Pine Pots Oak Mulch Pruning Watering Container Maple Compost Herbicide Birds Moisture Tomatoes Azalea Poison Pears Hydrangea Glyphosate Cherry Caterpillar Pests Roundup Irrigation Pre-Emergent Stone Pesticide Dogwood Peach Pine Straw Spider Greenhouse Magnolia Squash Beans Squirrels Poisonous Travel Lemon
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