There is a reason why the common name of Buddleja davidii is ‘butterfly bush’. Their nectar-rich racemes of little flowers ...

Clover flowers can attract insects like bees and ants, which may bring in snakes that hunt for these creatures. The low-growing clover can also provide sh ...

Use loppers to cut stems as close to the base as possible. Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii) is root hardy in cold winter ...

Pruning involves the selective removal of certain parts of a plant to facilitate better growth, and there are certain plants ...

Thirteen more species that pose a threat to the state’s ecosystems have been added to the Virginia Invasive Plant Species ...

I have a love-hate relationship with the Buddleia davidii, better known as the butterfly bush. I have at least six growing in ...

Shrubs such as forsythia and buddleja can soon accumulate masses of old, dead wood in the centre if they are not pruned regularly. The best way to rejuvenate these plants is to cut them back ...

Where possible, choose shrubs that hold their own during hot summers and cold winters. The buddleja is a hardy shrub that is unsurpassed for magnetising winged beauties to its highly perfumed blooms.

The name is familiar to the many gardeners who grow Buddleja ‘Lochinch’, which emerged as a seedling here in the 1940s and which has gone on to be a staple of gardens around the country.