How To Grow Butterfly Bush From Seed. Few sights are as dramatic as numerous butterflies feeding on a butterfly bush. Even in warm climates plant them where they get no fewer than 6 hours of sun.
Ive only ever bought live plants or had them already growing on the property at purchase. Break up the soil in the chosen location and mix in some well-aged compost. Choose a healthy cutting that has new growth on it.
Sweet smelling colorful arching blooms that demand little from you as the gardener to maintain.
Simply remove a branch or cutting from the bush by snipping it off with garden cutters. Cultivation Grow outdoors in fertile well-drained loamy soil in full sun. When we say full sun we mean it butterfly bush require a minimum of 8 hours of bright sunlight. Get fresh butterfly bush seeds in late summer or early fall.