Honeysuckle Plant
Which Honeysuckle Plant Is Good For My Garden?
You may well know that there are some species of honeysuckle plant which are invasive and nearly uncontrollable. Planting these types of vines can cause your little garden or window box a great deal of stress, and you may find that some of your most valuable and prized plants are compromised and smothered out by the bossy and unruly honeysuckle plant. This comes as no surprise when considering the context of their introduction to North America from Europe. Because of the hardy, fast growing root structure and quick spread of this weed plant, it was introduced to America as a means of controlling soil erosion problems. It did its job, and then some.
When considering which honeysuckle plant will benefit your personal gardening space you will want to keep the more domesticated species in mind as they tend to have much better manners than their wild and wayward cousins do. The trumpet vine, or trumpet honeysuckle plant is a valuable, sweet, and easy to care for addition to your flower or hummingbird garden, and is also very attractive to butterflies. Also quipped as the coral honeysuckle plant for the brilliant color of the blooms, the flowers on this beautiful clinging vine are formed in dangling clusters and can reach lengths of two inches each.
The afore mentioned species is indigenes to North America and can reach lengths of up to 25 feet from the origin of the roots. As with most species of honeysuckle plant, the trumpet vine carries mild poison and should never be ingested by domestic animals or humans. Whatever your choice for the fragrance and beauty of honeysuckle, be sure to maintain a safe barrier between it and the children and pets that you care for. Wild honeysuckle is by far the most poisonous, so be sure to control any population of this in or near your yard.
There are a couple of honeysuckle plant species which are highly discouraged for private plantings, and in fact are being battled by wildlife experts in places of strong population. The Japanese honeysuckle plant is amongst them, as well as the Morrows and the Amur species. Though quite beautiful and fragrant, these types of honeysuckle are nearly impossible to kill off and control, and they easily overtake less hardy plants. Do not be fooled by the sale of these plants as shrubbery in common nurseries, for they do not play well with other plants. If you want something beautiful to cover a vast hill of earth, these plants are for you. If you merely wish to smell the sweet aroma and reap the wild life benefits of having honeysuckle in your garden, you will do best to keep it simple and small.