Honeysuckle - Invasive Vine With Brilliant Fragrant Flowers

The Honeysuckle is an invasive vine. This plant family has different species and one of the most popular is the Japanese variety.

Japanese

The plant is native to China and will grow in many other countries, as well as zones four through nine in the United States. The vine can reached to thirty feet long in one year. It is native to many wood areas.

In The Woods

This plant loves full sun, but can also take partial shade. Many people consider this plant having a duel purpose. One of the greatest assets is the spectacular fragrant flowers that emerge in the mid spring. The flower continue to blossom until the fall season.

Yellow And Whtie Flowers

Around dusk, the blooms will open and the fragrance is at its strongest level. In many zones you will find this plant intertwined in and around front porches, along a decorative wall, or a trellis. Honeysuckle is a great accent in many style gardens. The other purpose is, it is known to help on banks and slopes for erosion. Although it is native in woodland areas, due to its nature of being invasive, the plant can take over trees and bushes and eventually choke them out.

Around Trees And Bushes

You can grow this plant from seeds or take cuttings from the roots or stem. It loves an acid base soil and should be watered regularly. This specimen is considered semi evergreen to evergreen in warmer climates, and deciduous in colder regions. It is also considered a low maintenance plant with the few pests. Aphids will sometimes infest Honeysuckle. Hummingbirds are especially attracted to the fragrant flowers.

Along The Ground

Bluebirds, Purple Finch, Robins, Juncos, and White Throated Sparrows are just a few birds that love the seeds and fruit of this specimen. There are other varieties of this plant grown in many geographic locations. The tropics, and especially in Mexico grows Mexican Honeysuckle. This specimen does well in zones twelve and thirteen. It takes on a light green foliage and has brilliant orange tubular flowers. The Scarlet variety grows well in zones three through eight. It produces lush red blossoms and is considered a deciduous vine. It can grow nine to twelve feet high and around ten to eleven feet wide. The Himalayan is well known in Australia, and produces striking maroon tone flowers. The blossoms open up in mid summer and create a wealth of fragrance and beauty until autumn sets in. It can mature to around seven to ten feet high, and five to eight feet wide.

Honeysuckle is one of the most showy flowers and incredible smelling vines. Make sure if you are planning to plant some of this specie, you put it in an area where it will have room to spread. In zone seven where I live, it is one of the most striking vines and along natural settings. In the scenes of natural section, many of these destinations will have this plant scattered throughout the forests and trails. Honeysuckle will add a lot to your natural or planned landscape.