butterfly bush

noun

Examples of butterfly bush in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Species that bloom on new growth (flowers produced from new growth during the growing season) such as roses, crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia species) and butterfly bush (Buddleia species) are all but impossible to force into bloom as dormant, cut stems. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for butterfly bush 

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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 27 Jul. 2024.

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