Re: honeysuckle
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] honeysuckle
- From: S* W*
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:40:53 -0500
Damn -- where in the Bluestone Catalogue? I'm looking at my copy and can't
find either 'honeysuckle' or 'Lonicera' -- it goes straight from Lobelia to
Lychnis --
s
At 03:58 PM 12/12/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I am starting to go through color catalogues now that the garden itself is
>covered with ice and snow... and I'm wondering if the purple and white
>honeysuckle Lonicera japonica that I see in Bluestone is the invasive type
>or not?
> Any experiences out there with which honeysuckles are invasive and
>which aren't? I'm had the Dropmore Scarlet which are vigorous but not
>invasive and nice for long blooming and attracting hummingbirds, but they
>are NOT fragrant. Any fragrant noninvasive ones? Any fragrant noninvasive
>shade-tolerant ones?
>
>
>Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois, zone 5b
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