Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...

This year I decided to add some dwarf buddleia into my arsenal of pollinator plants. The idea of 3-foot tall or shorter buddleias or butterfly bushes seemed like just what the doctor ordered to be ...

“Does Your Nose Know What My Nose Knows” was the name of a creative article written by an author during my time as the executive director of the American Rose Society. Obviously, the reference was to ...

Spring is the best time to prune butterfly bushes. Pruning in the late fall or winter leaves them susceptible to frost damage. Wait until the spring to do a hard prune (pruning it back to one foot ...

If you have a sunny backyard and are thinking of a creative way to utilize the space, may I suggest a butterfly house? I once visited a butterfly house in Israel that was several thousand square feet ...

Butterfly bushes do attract pollinators but they also have some big drawbacks. We all love to see butterflies flitting about in our gardens, and that’s why for years the butterfly bush (Buddleia ...