butterfly bush

noun

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Most butterfly bushes thrive in USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9 (check your zone here). Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024 Some excellent examples include fall-blooming asters, chrysanthemums, and butterfly bushes. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2024 Butterfly Bush: Just like blue mist spirea, Buddleia davidii (butterfly bush) can be cut every couple of years each spring or every year. Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2024 Examples of new wood-blooming shrubs are butterfly bush (Buddleia species and hybrids) and beauty berry (Callicarpa species). Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for butterfly bush 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of butterfly bush was in 1895

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“Butterfly bush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butterfly%20bush. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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