Michigan Gardening: Butterfly bush questions, 1 by Fancee1945

Fancee1945 wrote:
My buddlea's are doing great this year, this is their second year (2005) since birth, that sounds funny :-). I didn't know what to do with them in the fall of their first year so I left them and in the spring I cut them back to about 6", I was worried about them but they took off and got approximately 5' tall. I planted some baby purple ones this year, anxious to see what they do next year. The fun of growing any plants is to watch the change in them every year. Next summer I should have a whole lot of new ones coming up if they survive the winter, I am excited to see them. Here is a pic of my island garden which I have posted on another thread but you can see how tall they are compared to my asters. They are the yellow ones on the right of the pic.