(Download) Dwarf Butterfly Bush In Winter

Butterfly bush is very cold hardy and can withstand light freezing temperatures.

Dwarf butterfly bush in winter. Ideal choice for breaking up long runs of fence. Particularly attractive along picket fences and lattice where airy open character is a good fit. Design ideas dwarf butterfly bush is perfect for bringing butterflies into the garden and up close to the house. A miniature non invasive butterfly bush it is a hardy plant with a fast growth rate. Their roots are sensitive to rotting and if they spend any amount of time in wet soil they can be set back or even die. Apply a heavy layer of mulch around the base of the bush before the. Even in cold regions the plant is often killed to the ground but the roots can stay alive and the plant will re sprout in spring when soil temperatures warm up.

Water the shrub slowly and deeply during prolonged dry spells so that the soil absorbs the water deep into the root zone. Avoid pruning any shrub that flowers on new wood in the late fall or winter as cold damage may ensue. Most of the time if you lose a butterfly bush after winter it wasn t due to low temperatures or snow or ice it was because the plant sat in cold wet soil in fall or spring. The dwarf mounding behavior of these butterfly bushes make them ideal for use in borders. Growing up to three feet tall and wide the butterfly bush is the perfect choice for gardeners who need low growing shrubs for front of house. Leaving the dead twigs and limbs on the butterfly bush in the winter helps the root ball store nutrients and protects it for the winter. Cover the root zone with a 2 to 4 inch 5 10 cm layer of mulch.

Butterfly bush care is easy. They have a compact habit of growth and their flowers are heavenly thriving in hardiness areas five to nine. Use in side yards where flowers are held up at window level. In climates with cold winters the plant will most likely die back completely. Prune your buddleia davidii in early spring or late winter. Pruning is best done before new growth starts in the spring. Their colorful flowers mixed with their pointy green and sometimes variegated leaves add texture and.

Dwarf bush honeysuckle diervilla lonicera dwarf bush honeysuckle grows in zones three to. Butterfly bushes tend to fare better when pruned in the spring just before new growth starts. Buddleia alternifolia alternate leaf butterfly bush is a deciduous shrub with light purple flowers in the spring. Buddleia weyeriana honeycomb a taller variety growing up to 12 feet it is one of the butterfly bushes less tolerant to winter. Avoid pruning butterfly bushes in the fall. Butterfly bush need perfect drainage.