PETITTI Butterfly Bush | Grow Buddleia for Repeat Blooms, Deer Resistance & Pollinators

Mid-summer is definitely a great time to attract your pollinators to your garden and the butterfly bush is indispensable as far as adding color, variety, and a nectar-rich food source for pollinators. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist, and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about the benefits of growing Buddleia in your garden. Along with long-lasting blooms, there is so much more Buddleia has to offer. They are deer and rabbit resistant, they require very little maintenance and they are attract all sorts of pollinators! If you are looking for a taller butterfly bush, check out varieties like Miss Molly and Miss Ruby. If you prefer shorter, more compact varieties, look for the Pugster series, Pugster Pink & Pugster Blue.

[@carolyncook3611]

Thank you Noelle. I needed help with pruning my new Miss Violet butterfly bushes. Now I know to let them be until early spring, then prune them down to the new growth.

[@lindalagarce8996]

Thank you for the information, I just planted this fall so this is what I needed to know for their care. Hugs and love from Texas!

[@PetittiGardenCenters]

Glad it was helpful! Happy Gardening!

[@wasz42]

Which fertilizer for the butterfly bush? I have the purple one which does not seem to grow at all

[@PetittiGardenCenters]

We recommend using Espoma Plant-tone!

[@rdarrett3635]

I have the Pugster, Lo and Behold and Miss Series. Which one is sterile?

[@butterflybush8981]

From what I know - The ones you have mentioned are newer varieties - most of them are sterile - no reseeding.

[@MaggieKhloe]

Beautiful!! These will be planted in my garden soon..spring is latest. So lovely .. Cosmos are also lovely

[@jimmiller6704]

This plant has been declared as invasive in many States and does not provide adults a host plant for their young.
There are better native options.
Milkweed will provide a natural host plant for monarchs and is a better choice as B. bush does not.

[@Opa773]

What is plant tone and iron tone fertilizer?

[@lindee5147]

Thank you. I have been looking for good information on pruning.

[@PetittiGardenCenters]

Thanks for watching!

[@NicoleSmithGardening]

Great video! I really do need to get some more of these butterfly bush in my garden 💕. They look so great on mass.

[@jimmiller6704]

It ws an awful vid.
This plant has been declared as invasive in many States and does not provide adults a host plant for their young.