Grow North America’s Native Honeysuckle for Non-Invasive, Long-Lasting Color

Reader Contribution by Barry Glick and Sunrise Farm And Gardens
Published on February 21, 2019
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Nowadays when someone mentions honeysuckle, they’re usually complaining about that sweetly fragrant, infuriatingly invasive thug from Asia, Lonicera japonica, aka ‘Japanese Honeysuckle’, that’s taking over their woodlands. I am delighted to discuss here a little-known native Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, that you may make a nice home for in your own garden.

Growing Coral Honeysuckle

I’ve been growing and propagating this very manageable vine for decades and it’s still on my favorites list. I have it planted every 24 inches along a 7 ½-foot high deer fence, and the deer have not found it to their liking, never even nibbling on it.

As an experiment, I tried growing it without support and found that the vine makes an interesting groundcover as it sprawls over the earth.

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