Q. We’re hoping to plant a garden that will attract butterflies. Growing up, we had a butterfly bush I loved because it always seemed to have butterflies on it. One of my neighbors says that butterfly ...

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 ...

Buddleia is often dismissed as a weedy shrub, spotted growing in cracks by railway tracks or abandoned car lots. But I think we should give more time to this flowering plant. Yes, it is tough and ...

Q: I have planted butterfly bushes the past two springs. The first one did not come back at all. The one from last year seems mostly dead but has one branch that is getting some green on it. I planted ...

The woolly butterfly bush (Buddleia marrubiifolia) is a near-native from the neighboring Chihuahuan desert. It’s a great pollinator plant, has attractive grey-green leaves and bright orange clusters ...

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 ...