On 01 May 2003 19:27:28 GMT, Bob Tarte wrote:

Do I cut off the old dead looking top of my last years Butterfly Bush?
Here it is almost May, and there doesn't seem to be any green sprouts
or anything on it. Seems like last year I cut the whole thing way down
and it did o.k., but seems also like it bloomed very late.

Have patience, they are very stubborn, and grow fast once started.

Dan