Green_Numb
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:07 am Post subject: |
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Hi there butterfly bush lovers!
Im back from a years absence so i thought i would resurrect this old thread of mine and continue with my appreciation of the butterfly bush. I wasnt around for a bit but my love for these never went away...
Im happy to say that my 11 butterfly bushes in my backyard are doing well and healthier than ever! last year the butterflies and bee's really had a nice time with the flowers, and anything i can do to help out nature i will. Its also nice that nature helps me back by bringing the bee's to pollinate my nearby crops 
I will be posting some pics of the new growth on the bushes in my yard. I think this year is gonna be the best ever due to their maturity level and the feeding i have given them.
Just for reminder, i have 8 black knights, 2 white profusions, and 1 light purple one that im not exactly sure what is called. Will post pics up soon...
G_N
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daisybeans
annapolis md
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Nice to see you back after a year's absence, GN. It will be nice to see how the butterfly bushes have grown in that time too.
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cherylad
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S. Liberty County - Texas
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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I planted one a couple months ago. Just waiting for it to grow up and flower.
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Green_Numb
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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thanks DaisyB, tis really good to be back and motivated again..
Hey Cherylad what type did you plant?
Heres a few pics of mine. I didnt cut them back as short this year, probably around 2ft.
Heres my line of 9 Black Knights.....well actually 8 Black Knights and 1 White Profusion as one was mislabeled as a BK but i left it in there. She is all the way 2nd from the right, you cant really see her here but her size is smaller and growth not as fast. That might be due to light received at the bottom of the yard or just genetics. I like to call her the Queen and she has 8 Black Knights to guard her.
( photo / image / picture from Green_Numb's Garden )
My roadside fence, poor thing just got damaged...thats why there is a hole there i have to fix..
( photo / image / picture from Green_Numb's Garden )
This is my oldest and biggest butterfly bush, its the light purple one....i hope someone here can identify it better for me when it blooms. This was gifted to me from my sis's yard and hers still grows in her yard too. You can see the lovely bee's balm growing to the left.
( photo / image / picture from Green_Numb's Garden )
The kids play next to a single White Profusion specimen located on the edge of the yard to my neighbors. Our super exercise machine is to the right behind the kids. We often lay on there and watch the insects from there on the Profusion.
( photo / image / picture from Green_Numb's Garden )
Another shot of the knights, you can see their queen which is the 2nd from the right.
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The light purple..
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Single white profusion..
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Ive fed them a bit with some black kow and bonemeal, i need to de-weed them and mulch as well.
More pics when they progress a bit. Im looking to hopefully get hold of a red butterfly bush and i really want a yellow Honeycomb variety too. The blooms on the yellow one are awesomely different!
G_N
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cherylad
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S. Liberty County - Texas
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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I bet you have a yard full of butterflies with those beauties!
I don't remember which variety I planted. I believe it was some shade of purple. I'll have to look through my box of plant tags and see for sure.
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SevenTooMany
Kentucky
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Here's our butterfly bush. We planted it last year and it had purple flowers. I'm wondering how far up last years wood the bush will begin to sprout growth. As you can see there is already a bunch of new growth at the base.
Year old butterfly bush with purple, fragrant blooms ( photo / image / picture from SevenTooMany's Garden )
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cindjo717
PAWLING NY
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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my son standing in front of my butterfly bush before bloom time. ( photo / image / picture from cindjo717's Garden )
My butterfly bush is all the way in the back.
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cherylad
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S. Liberty County - Texas
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Cindjo.... those are so pretty darn healthy looking butterfly bushes! If I were a butterfly, I'd head straight to your house. 
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cindjo717
PAWLING NY
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| cherylad wrote: | | Cindjo.... those are so pretty darn healthy looking butterfly bushes! If I were a butterfly, I'd head straight to your house. |
I feed them Cow Poo...they love it!
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