Adolf Fact checked by Emily Estep Butterfly weed is a milkweed plant that attracts butterflies to the garden with its ...

Given the right amount of sunlight, this perennial grows relatively easily and offers gorgeous blooms in a rainbow of colors (red, pink, white, yellow ... the leaves. Since the butterfly bush ...

The best time to prune a butterfly bush is in late spring, right after the buds swell and the leaves begin to emerge. Winter dieback is common on these shrubs in areas with very cold winters.