Q: I have recently planted a butterfly bush in my backyard and it's growing rapidly. When is the right time to prune it? It currently has beautiful flowers and is great for attracting butterflies, but ...

Wondering what to prune in early spring? Experts explain which plants benefit from pruning now and which ones to leave alone.

Q:All of our buddleias are infested with a little worm. It is smooth and white with a black head. It eats the flower buds from the inside out so that the flowers never form. Last year, we sprayed Bt ...

Five key plants need cutting back before February ends, or your garden could suffer fewer blooms and smaller harvests this ...

You now have just weeks or even days to make sure plants like shrubs and fruit bushes do their best ...

According to gardening expert and presenter Monty Don, one straightforward rhyme can help avoid this common blunder. His guidance boils down to a memorable six-word mantra: "Flowers before June, do ...

Aldi suggests trimming last year's growth back to roughly 30-60cm from ground level, adjusting based on the plant's size and vigour. He said: "It can look brutal. But buddleia responds very well to a ...

Spring is right around the corner, which means February is your final window to tackle key pruning jobs. A sweet spot between winter dormancy and spring growth, many trees and shrubs haven't started ...

Tom G. asks: I have a buddleia that is large and very woody. A few of the stems are large, making it more difficult to prune. Last year I pruned it back to a height of around 4 feet. Gardening friends ...

Often known as the butterfly bush, buddleia should be cut back firmly before spring gets going. It flowers on new wood, meaning the blooms you see in the summer grow on shoots produced that year. If ...