Butterfly Bushes for Free or Trade

My Nikko Blue butterfly bush had babies and I'd like to send at least 5 or 6 of them off to new homes. They're at least a year old (I think they sprouted the year before that) and they should grow fast and bloom this summer. If interested, please send me an email. Thanks!

Audrey

 

what do those look like Audrey? are the colorful? and most important- what will you trade for them- I have a three year old bottle of wine, and 7 year old boy and a 35 year old man aaaaaall up for grabs in exchange for the bushes! lol

 

Wow Redon, what a tempting offer! I was thinking more along the lines of plants though! A lot of things need to be dug up and divided and can then be shared with others - like iris (my favorites!) and daylilies. But I'm mainly interested in reducing the number of butterfly bushes on my property so a trade is not that important.

The photo is exactly like what I'm talking about. It does attract butterflies and my original one gets pruned to about 2 feet tall every spring and still grows to 10+ feet tall by the end of summer. I cut off the faded blooms and wherever there was one, two will grow so it's usually covered in light purple blooms. Some of the babies have had darker purple flowers for some reason.

I can't say for sure how the transplants will do this year but they should be doing great by next year. They will pout and wilt for a while. But I moved a bunch of them around last year and they all bloomed and all came back to life this spring.

 

On a tangent:

A friend turned me on to gypsum to help make our clay-ish soil more pourous -- does anyone use that for their lawn/garden?

 

Audrey- if they are still available we'd love a couple. of course I have no plants to trade- my thumb is only green if I stick it in guacamole! but I'm sure we can work something out.

 

I know this is true for most hydrangea, but I didn't think butterfly bushes followed this rule.

 

Audrey... a HUGE thank you for the bushes! They're all in the ground now and have been given a nice drink of Root Master to welcome them to their new environs.

I appreciate your thoughtfullness.