Growing & Crawling deceptively beautiful

By janet douberly

during one part of their life cycle. The Butterfly Bush does not play host to any of our native insects! Meaning our native butterflies cannot lay their eggs on it and the caterpillars cannot eat the plant

That's not to say this shrub doesn't play hosts to ANY insects. The hated and invasive stink bug loves these shrubs and uses them to host their larvae and spread their numbers

If you have a butterfly bush in your garden, consider replacing it with a beautiful native shrub, or at least a noninvasive variant, that will play a true host to our native butterflies