Gardening Folks - Butterfly Shrubs

[Karen]

I keep getting spam for "butterfly vines, butterfly shrubs, butterfly bushes ..." I just makes me think of the time we bought my Dad one for Father's Day one year - something different for the gardens was always a good bet - and then Paul and I vacationed in England, and I realized they were growing on every abandoned bit of railway, empty lot ...

I called my Dad when we got home, and said, "Sorry Dad, we didn't know we were gifting you with weeds!"

Now spammers think i wanna buy them?

Does anyone have one in their yard? Do you notice increased butterfly traffic?

[mon]

Ha-ha, SPAM eh? Ignore, delete, repeat.

[Karen]

Ha-ha, SPAM eh? Ignore, delete, repeat.

Oh, trust me, I do, every time, just thought the subject was interesting. I don't even open e'm, just mark 'em as junk and away they go!

[Pinot's Mom]

We have several butterfly bushes. They DO grow very well and are very easy to root. The butterflies love them. One bit of advise; cut them way back every year or they'll get as big as your house.

[Karen]

We have several butterfly bushes. They DO grow very well and are very easy to root. The butterflies love them. One bit of advise; cut them way back every year or they'll get as big as your house.

What colors do you have? Do you notice more butterflies now?

[Pinot's Mom]

I believe we have white and a pinkish purple. Yes, the butterflies are all over them.

[Karen]

I believe we have white and a pinkish purple. Yes, the butterflies are all over them.

Oh, cool - if they are where Pinot can see them from a window, that must make for riveting kitty tv!

[Freedom]

There is one at the Methuen house, and yep it always has butterflies all over it!

[cassiesmom]

Buddleia? My mom and dad's neighbor in Berwyn had a couple of them and they grew like crazy, low and wide. She liked them because they added color to her garden. I'm not sure how many butterflies she attracted, though.

[Karen]

Now the spammers are calling them hummingbird vines - I am guessing it's the same thing, I have not bothered opening the emails to see. And it's funny, some have subject lines like, "grows well anywhere" to which I mentally respond, "Well, yeah - it's a weed!"