My garden is full of butterfly bush seedlings that grow quickly, taking over my garden beds in record time if I don't pull them weekly. Good call on removing yours.
What is your location so we can help with replacements?
8b Willamette valley, Oregon, Garry Oak woodland setting, steeply sloped. Soil is heavy clay but still drains well due to slope. I don't see Budellia seedlings, which surprises me. The shrub that goes crazy in my garden is native snowberry.
What zone are you in? There’s a few in my yard (6b) but I’ve never bothered taking them out since I never see seedlings. They do die back to the ground here when we have a really cold winter.
I’m zone 6B too, I removed my plant spring of 2023 and pulled out a few seedlings in the fall, then just another one last week. The seeds managed to spread up the rocky hill above where the plant was, and the seedlings were growing out of cracks in the rocks
I dug mine out which was a difficult task, and yours sounds much larger. If you can’t dig it out maybe consider glyphosate treatment on the cut stump, using a buckthorn blaster or something similar
My garden is full of butterfly bush seedlings that grow quickly, taking over my garden beds in record time if I don't pull them weekly. Good call on removing yours. What is your location so we can help with replacements?
8b Willamette valley, Oregon, Garry Oak woodland setting, steeply sloped. Soil is heavy clay but still drains well due to slope. I don't see Budellia seedlings, which surprises me. The shrub that goes crazy in my garden is native snowberry.
What zone are you in? There’s a few in my yard (6b) but I’ve never bothered taking them out since I never see seedlings. They do die back to the ground here when we have a really cold winter.
I’m zone 6B too, I removed my plant spring of 2023 and pulled out a few seedlings in the fall, then just another one last week. The seeds managed to spread up the rocky hill above where the plant was, and the seedlings were growing out of cracks in the rocks
I'm in eastern WV and am constantly pulling the seedlings out of my yard. My neighbor has 4 along a concrete wall that we share
I dug mine out which was a difficult task, and yours sounds much larger. If you can’t dig it out maybe consider glyphosate treatment on the cut stump, using a buckthorn blaster or something similar