No way, despite the dire warnings.
Isn’t butterfly bushgreat for butterflies and hummingbirds?
Isn’t it one of our more popular summer-flowering shrubs?
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Isn’t iteasy to grow?
Why should wecompletely stop planting it?
The writer presents three reasons.
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I shall proceed to piteously debunk them one by one.
Butterfly bush in invasive and its seedlings spread everywhere.
There’s a kernel of truth here.
That doesn’t mean it’s a plague where you live.
Few plants thrive everywhere.
More importantly, many of the new and improved butterfly bushes are sterile and don’t produce seedlings.
(On the West Coast, these are often sold as “summer lilacs.")
Butterfly bush doesnt benefit butterflies because their caterpillars cant eat it.
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3.
Know what else isn’t native to North America?
Neither are most of the fruits, vegetables, grains, and animals we eat.
I don’t know about you, but I’m shaking in fear.
Time for my afternoon gin-and-tonic with a slice of non-native lime.
