Re: japanese honeysuckle

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• To: w*@pacbell.net, m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: japanese honeysuckle
• From: M* B* <f*@ozemail.com.au>
• Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:25:14 +1000

At 3:27 PM +1000 23/4/98, Wendy Bradley wrote:
>    Oh-oh!  Did I just buy a headache?  I'm the woefully ignorant new
>gardener and I read several messages about plants that become a total
>pain because theyre so invasive and impossible to get rid of once you've
>got them going.  One such mention was about japanese honeysuckle being a
>garden thug.  I have a small gardening area surrounded by your basic
>privacy fence.  I want to get alot of vines going up the fences so I
>have a green and flowering oasis.
I use it on my fences because it is vigorous and does give privacy and some
security.
It is dense but I also plant mandevilla and other sparser climbers amongst it.
By the way leaves and /or flowers ( chopped and put in the bath) is a
Chinese remedy for skin rashes/problems

Michael Bailes.
The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia. (OZ)
 Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
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