Where Should I Plant My Butterfly Bush. The butterfly bush Buddleja davidii is a plant species that originates in China. Every plant requires certain nutrients to grow but feeding butterfly bushes is generally not required.
Wait until daytime temperatures are around 10 degrees and night time lows are no longer below zero. When placing the plant in the hole the top of the rootball. Once the root system of a newly planted butterfly bush is established and the plant is mature it likely will.
Id say dont plant anything around the bush so you have easy access for cutting off the dead flowers.
Plant in spring or fall before frost. Clipping off spent blooms will help encourage new blossoms. Butterfly bush is suitable for planting in perennial borders cottage gardens island beds or wherever their loose somewhat messy growth habit wont detract from a particular garden design youre trying to achieve. For best flower production the planting site for your butterfly bush should receive full sun which is at least six hours of sun or more per day.
