PRUNING buddleia | Cutting back a butterfly bush

In this video guide from BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, Ashley Edwards shows you how to prune buddleia. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/GardenersWorldSubscribe He advises on the best time to prune a butterfly bush and how to get your buddleia into good shape. He also explains how to prevent wind-rock damaging the plant and demonstrates how to make cuts without leaving the bush open to infection and disease. #gardenersworld #gardening #gardeningtips 0:00 The best time to prune buddleia 0:27 Planning for pruning the shrub 0:45 Cutting out the deadwood 1:09 Pruning back to the main trunk 1:18 Removing rubbing branches 1:30 Preventing wind-rock in tall buddleias 2:17 Testing to see if a branch is dead 3:09 Encouraging more buddleia flowers 3:29 Preventing infection 3:57 Final tidying up 4:03 End result Find out more about pruning buddleias at: https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...