Three Reasons to Never Plant Butterfly Bush Again

If someone took 75 percent of your food away, you wouldn't be happy. But when you plant plants that provide nectar only, including invasive plants like butterfly bush, that's what you're doing to birds and butterflies in your own backyard.

A leading wildlife ecologist wants you to start thinking about your property—no matter how big or small—as an important link in your local ecosystem. It's no exaggeration to say that when you choose which plants to include in your garden, you're deciding if members of your community's local food web will be nourished or unintentionally starved.

Yes, more from Doug Tallamy at  http://www.rodalenews.com/butterfly-bush-bad. And lately I hear split infinitives are acceptable. Maybe.