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jglenny wrote:

Right i have a butterfly in my garden which was put in by the last
owners and is far to big for such a small garden. Whats the best way to
go about getting rid of it? Can i poison it or should i just dig it up?
Will digging it up be a hell of a job?

Assuming that you mean a Buddleia, and not Bauhinia, it is fairly easy
to dig up. But, if you quite like its flowers, and merely want to
reduce its size, that is equally easy. You can cut it back to a
stump every winter, and it will reshoot by about 10'. Most species
will flower well if treated like that.

You can use its older wood as firewood, incidentally.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.