Butterfly bush

I need to dig up and move my butterfly bush when is the best time and should I prune first?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 10/05/2018 @ 7:56 am

The best time to do this is to wait until spring. They will do best transplanted then. When I worked for a nursery several years ago, we used to trim the tops back pretty hard, then cut off the bottom 1/3 of the roots. This will help it to recover, and come back bigger.

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