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re: Honeysuckle- How invasive is it?
Posted on 5/1/19 at 11:53 am to GoldenSombrero
Posted on 5/1/19 at 11:53 am to GoldenSombrero
If it doesn't have anything to climb except the trellis you want it to climb, and you mow around it regularly, it isn't invasive. But if you plant it at one end of a fence row, it will overtake that whole fence.
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Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:58 pm to deeprig9
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it isn't invasive
Yes and no. Since OP did not specify a botanical name and rather a common name, let's do some teaching.
Lonicera sempervirens is the native honeysuckle. It is a vine. It can take over whatever it is growing on, but it is not invasive to the local ecosystem. Most people call it trumpet vine and don't refer to it as honeysuckle.
Lonicera japonica is highly invasive. It can be a vine or a shrub. It's invasiveness is on par with Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) and will flat out destroy large swaths of understory in a few years. Please do not plant any forms of it. Kill it wherever you see it.
Native honeysuckle:
Invasive kind of honeysuckle:
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