Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush Pruning ( A Year Later )
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2021
- I prune my 3 pugster blue butterfly bush, we had a rough winter for a zone 6, Watch to see how they grow over the year!!!
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I live in zone 5 and have grown butterfly bush for years. We get pretty harsh winters, so the butterfly bush dies back to the ground every winter. But by mid-summer it's grown back every bit to it's previous size, covered with flowers. So, don't mourn the winter die off , the shrub acts just like a perennial flower that way, even though it has woody stems.
He used to happen a lot more periodically we do get the zone 5 winner they did not bounce back that great this year. But they're still beautiful they're just not as big
There are youtubers as knowledgeable about plants as you, there are channels that have beautiful content like you, & there are channels that browse the clearance racks too... BUT THERE ARE NONE FUNNIER THAN YOU! Your editing cracks me up I laugh so hard every video! Please keep it up! 😹
Crystal. Thank you so much! I'm trying to make this whole thing work, you keep showing up I'll keep making my really boring videos funny, lol some of this stuff it's a struggle lmao!!!!!
Best all time, most helpful video EVER! Kudos to you for having the patience to carry the video through those loooong months of transition. Gosh, that was really generous and thoughtful of you; because that's what us novice gardeners need to see. Every time it got to the end of a segment I thought "Gee wouldn't it be nice to see how it turned out." And there you were with a follow-up. Sooooo helpful! Thanks very much, I'll definitely check out more of your videos! Happy gardening!
Zone 6b and 7a.. I never cut mine back until Early Spring when there is about 3 inches of growth and then trim back all dead branches and it then goes crazy growing.
i really wish there were more videos like this that show other plants in multiple seasons. great stuff
I'll work on that it was fun and easy.
I planted those bushes last year as well. This spring they were looking dead so I called the nursery and they told me that they are like teenagers. They don’t wake up at the same time as others, just give them time, like until June!! Two out of three were indeed dead, but I’m glad at least one survived!👍
Love that you include the updates!
It’s may 31st and I’d been dreading pruning my 2nd yr. dwarf butterfly bush and am glad to have found your video. Very straightforward and I enjoyed your movie clip editing and the follow up. I subscribed when I saw the follow up. Informative and fun! As a former Paramedic I also love what you did with the star of life and the caduceus. Would also love more details about how you innoculate and fertilize your soil. Thank you!
I just purchased 4 small butterfly bushes. Thank you for sharing you’re videos are very informative! Mother Nature is always surprising us 😍
I love them I'm a pretty big fan of butterfly bush but I do try to go with the sterile varieties that are more compact.
I live in Kansas City mo. We just need to be very patient each spring with butterfly bush. Try not to cut it back until you see a lot of new growth and after any chance of new frost. I have lost them after trimming down and then be hit by a late freeze only to lose the new growth and the plant. Keep the protective mulch over base as well. If you trim early stay well away from new growth and then later go back and tidy it up. Once the late spring early heat kicks in, they grow very fast from the ground. Patience my friends. Thanks for the video and showing growth results later. Outstanding.
We lost 3 of ours in Zone 8 with in a late freeze. We had to cut the others back to the ground. They came back bigger and more beautiful than before.
My Pugster Blues are also two years old and I didn’t cut them back this spring because I just didn’t know what to expect. They are way bigger than I expected, and I will cut them back next year to a more manageable size. They are going to bloom beautifully and I will try to shorten them as they do, but I like not having to dead head them. Gorgeous bushes.
Butterfly Bush! Great lesson my FRIEND….you KNOW what you are doing for sure! Many are afraid to prune!
I kind of like the maintenance part of gardening. Regulative pruning can take a shrub that a customer hates into a shrub that same customer loves. The secret to happiness in the garden is new growth. Thank you For Watching. Love comments!!!
Thanks for the great video! I pruned my butterfly bush to the ground almost the last 2 years (not knowing the right way to prune) and they lived and flourished
they're pretty tough, I pruned mine at about 6" from the ground this spring because I was so impressed with how they did in this video. Really this was about keeping people from loosing their minds when they get winter die back on butterfly bush. Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you like it!!
I bought my first butterfly bush on clearance at Lowe's the begining of the summer. It is in a large pot but I want to put it into the ground. It needs a triming and I had no idea how! Thank you for coming to my rescue!!!!! Will you please do demonstrations on over grown vincas and a caper bush or tree? I think others would be happy see demonstrations on other popular plants also. I seem to kill what I prune!
Don't be too hard on yourself I kill things all the time but a good rule of thumb is I like to feed things before I prune them that way they have enough energy to heal those wounds that's why I'm such a big fan of slow release fertilizers that I only have to put down a couple times a year. And a lot of the times when I kill something it's because it's so far gone that I'm just cutting it back in hopes that I can spark it into some new growth and sometimes it's too late.
I took a White Buddleia cutting in July 2014. It didn't grow very well because of location and competition from other plants. I moved it in Autumn 2017 to somewhere sunnier and it grew beautifully. I have it on the top left of my channel homepage, sadly it died in May 2019 due to wood rot at the base. Luckily I had already taken a cutting from this plant in 2018 when it started to grow for me. This cutting is the one I have today and it is looking very healthy.
Cuttings are a great way to save money on plants!!!! Patience is the hardest part for me butterfly bush makes it possible!!
I was planning on buying a butterfly bush!! That’s the way I cut my roses,hydrangeas back …way back.great job
I do what I can Angie!!!
I just bought two of these cute little bushes with deep blue plums on them very gorgeous. I put them in a big pot. I’m hoping they will do well in a pot. I’m in Michigan.
I've been thinking about getting a Pugster Blue. This video confirmed that a Pugster would be a good idea for my garden. Thanks for the information. I really like resilient plants.
They are susceptible to root rot in the winter so you want to make sure you pull a mulch away a little bit in the winter
@@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141 Not sure root rot will be a serious problem. Our garden is on a steep hill in Central Texas. Thanks for the warning though. I'll be careful about mulch. Wise counsel always appreciated.
@@kathrynmettelka7216 LOL so your good than LOL!!! Sounds like your butterfly bush are going to be pretty happy!
Thank you for this video. Mine were the same way after this last winter, no viable tissue in my cuts. I was nervous to cut it down to the bottom like you did but did it anyway…your video gives me hope.
My pug blues went to the rainbow bridge this year. When I pulled them out of the ground I saw some roots that looked okay but the vast majority of the root ball was trash. But I freed up some room for some clearance plants
Thank you so much 🥰
Hilarious!!!! John Travolta with a green thumb
I'll take it!!!!! Without the scientology!!!
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You are SO hilarious! I'd like to do some gardening with you lol.
It's a good time!!!! Might not get a ton of work done but it's a good time! Share the video if you want!!
I so needed this! 😁 I bought 4 "Miss Pearl" Priven Winners butterfly bushes on clearance at Lowes's last fall, and didn't get around to transplanting them, but I mulched them heavily (TX zone 8a) . 😔 They looked dead last week, but when I pruned them hard, I saw new buds like yours! Hoping they thrive this season.
I think in you zone your gonna be good. I know what it's like to by plants than not be able to put them in the ground right away.
You've inspired me! I recently discovered your channel AND dwarf butterfly bushes. After watching this video, I went out and picked up three 2gal PW's pugster blue butterfly bushes to under-planty kousa dogwood. I haven't had time to plant them yet, but when I do, I'll be trying your method in hopes I achieve similar results that you've got here!
They want full sun and food then watch the fire works!!!!
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I’m doing an experiment on my hydrangeas including the ones that bloom on old wood. Half I’m pruning in the fall and others in spring. My theory is that cutting off all the spindly little branches in fall will help the plant save water and energy for the thicker stronger branches to get through the winter. I normally get quite a bit of dieback. We’ll see. 🤔
That's good, you might get bigger blooms also. Are you going to feed them the same also? I would be interested to see how that turns out!!!!
@@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141 Yeah, I just use a 10-10-10 on all of them. I also pile some ground up leaves around the base for winter. The deer have a habit of ruining by experiments, though.
Lol that sucks dude!!! I got so tired of fighting the forest goats!!!!
Love this video!!!
love this
Thanks buddy!! I'm about to massacre them again! Hard prune is in their future
Great video
Thanks for giving it a shot
Great video !
Thanks buddy!!!
HELP! I can't stop buying marked down pansies!!!
Lol I'm about to bring some home also!!!
Although it’s only mid April, I don’t see any life in my miss Molly butterfly bush or my pugster. I’ll give it another month. They were flourishing so well last summer.
yes give it some time! I am seeing very little life in mine right now. But you see what just a little good tissue can do!!!
did they bounce back? I am guessing yes!
@@randyman8984 Yes they did! I’m crossing my fingers for 2024; it will be interesting with this very unseasonable winter right now.
Oh dear. I think I’m in trouble.
Hey Stuart .... zone 6 .... Ive had a butterfly bush for about 8 years. Every year I pruned back pretty hard in late fall (October) in order to maintain its shape, and gradually limbed it up into a beautiful 8ft tree that canopied over that bed and was always filled with blooms. This past Spring, after nursing a broken ankle the previous Fall which meant I couldnt give it its usual pruning, I pruned it to get it ready for the new growth it would put on to control its growth....didnt want it 10-15 feet high. To my astonishment and disappointment, every long, beautiful limb dried up and not a leaf popped out ....there went my tree! Sure, its now sending out shoots from the ground once again, but Im not so sure I want to go thru all of that grooming and waiting all the years to get it back to an 8ft tree, which I prefer. What did I do wrong? Thanks kindly!
I dont think you did anything wrong! Things age out in the plant world! Could have been just that and now you have some young branches to retrain if you want. Seems like a lot of work I'm pretty lazy so I'm a big fan of hard pruning its faster for me. Good luck I could say something cliché like " Its about the Journey" but I'm better than that LOL!!!! Good luck remember what ever you do in your garden you make the right decision
@@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141 OK. Now that leads me to another question; is there any website, etc., that tells you the LIFESPAN of various perennials, shrubs and trees? Thanks kindly for your expertise.
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@@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141 I mean that with all due respect, constructive criticism
I always cut back butterfly bushes back in the early spring and I tend to be fairly aggressive about it.
I've had customer who just let the pugsters go and just prun for shape. They say they do fine, but they are dwarfs so that's why, I'm theory is they bloom earlier if you don't cut them back super hard but being as the -15 winter happend I didn't get to test that. For normal butterfly Bush I trim down to 8" and knock them back about once a month. Sounds crazy but it works well.
How are these now? I also planted 3 last year and they were the star of my garden. This year I only see a tiny bit of green on 2 of the 3.
My sister paid 32$ for mine- I have it in a big pot( it’s too hot in SC ) I am now wondering if it will survive. Today is June 12- 100 degrees tomorrow
Butterfly bush don't mind the heat and they're pretty drought tolerant once they're established I've never tried to grow one in a pot before but these pugsters seem to be pretty stinking tough here at the nursery.
So I live in Missouri too. When is the right time in spring to do this? It's almost April but it could still frost some more here. Would that kill it if I"ve already trimmed it back?
Yeah Missouri's a little crazy I'm in the Springfield metro area and we have silly weather in the spring. The way I look at it is around the time they start pushing new growth the only thing you can do is cover them if you can. But once that new growth comes out it's on
Thank you! I was wondering if there was something I should do with my pug blue before snow
Glad I could help!
Just curious how they are doing? I have a pugster amethyst zone 5b that looks like yours.
I just cut them back about 3 weeks ago. Looking good!
Thank you for posting. I have a rather large Buddleia that I would like to cut back urgently. Will I kill it if I do this now in mid-June, or worst case scenario?
Encouraging to know since after the first winter mine looks very dried out
I have a pug blue dwarf butterfly bush that I rescued from a place that was giving them away but it was sadly neglected and now it's totally got branches on it but they're all brown and dead looking and I want to plant it and cut it back check and see if there's any greenery at the very bottom of it But I don't know it was looking really dry when I got it so I soaked it really well one time with the hose to try and revive it a little I didn't know it doesn't like to be soaking wet do you think it will once planted in the ground and given some fertilizer that it may come back
Hey, my Pugsters are a bit leggy . Most of the foliage is on the outer tips of the limbs. Looked fantastic last year. What do I do? I want blooms this year but more foliage too. I'm in zone 7
Give it some time, The season hasn't really started yet, thats like showing up to a party at 9pm than texting you friends saying its dead than going home and playing Halo. ( I just described my entire 20's ) Give it time, if it did good last year its most likely getting enough sun and will show up to the party just give it some slow release fert
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I thought you are suppose to cut down a lot of last years growth on a Butterfly bush! I have a cascading butterfly bush. When I bought it the nursery they said to cut it in the spring. Am I wrong? Thanks for all great information on plant’s.
Your right. In the Larger butterfly bush yes for sure prune them hard, but in the case of these dwarf its not necessary I just shape them up and dead head them. The Pugster series is going to top out at 3ft. Thanks for the comment Sophie I hope that helped.
@@landscaperescuewithstuartm6141 Thank you. It did help. The butterfly bush is new to my garden this year. So I second guess my self all the time. Your channel is so helpful. Thank you
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Definitely not doing this 😂😂😂
When they're healthy they come out really strong. We had -37° wind chills here and last summer was a calamity 16 weeks without water. Needless to say this spring they didn't wake up.
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