My Butterfly Bush looks like a bunch of sticks... did I kill it by pruning too early?

abodelook

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I followed a DIY tutorial I found via abodelook and "hacked" my Butterfly Bush down to about 12 inches in late February. Now it is mid April and I can see no green buds. Was I too early in pruning it in a Zone 6 climate? Or are those simply notoriously tardy to wake up? I fear I have reduced to a heap of kindling my favourite feature in a garden.
 
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