Honeycomb Yellow Butterfly Bush – Quart Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b  Find Your Zone 

Plant Type:  Perennial Shrub

Flower Color:  Yellow

Flower Size: 8-10″ long clusters

Flowering Period:  June to Frost!

Flower Type:  Spike

Fragrant Flowers:  Yes

Foliage Color:  Grey-Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Visual Attention, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect, Rabbit

Growing 5 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide (depending on whether or not plants are cut back in late winter), the Honeycomb Butterfly Bush is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a hedge in  flowering shrub borders or centerpiece or background in perennial gardens. A natural choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens, yellow theme gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  4 to 5 feet apart for solid hedges; 10 feet apart or more for space between plants

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Butterfly Bush is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

‘Honeycomb Yellow’ Butterfly Bush is exceptionally easy to grow and isn’t too picky about soil type, provided the soil is well-drained and of average fertility. It prefers full to mostly sun however we’ve found that in zones 8 and 9 it likes some afternoon shade or filtered sun. At least 6 hours of direct sun per day is suggested for best flowering. As with so many other plants, constantly soggy or wet soils can cause problems with the roots. Can be cut back to 12 to 18 inches above the ground in late winter or very early spring. Can also be deadheaded and pruned throughout the season for shaping purposes.

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Butterfly Bushes.

Planning a Butterfly Garden 

Butterfly Garden Design & Planting Tips 

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