Honey Suckle Flowers for 2nd Year

The large-scale introduction of Honey Suckle

Often, when I dig up trees for planting else where, they already have a young Honey suckle plants twisting up their stems, sometimes these Honey suckles are wound around a number of trees, all at the same time.

When I dig up the trees I have selected; I trim off much of the lanky growth, back to some nice healthy buds. I also do the same with the accompanying Honeysuckles. Sometimes the remaining parts of the Honeysuckles are twisted on to their host tree fairly securely and sometimes not, but either way; I tie them loosely on in 2 or 3 places, up the trunk, with a bit of biodegradable garden string, just in case they loose their grip, before they start to grow.

Last summer, the Honey suckle in the top picture, was the first of my ones to produce flowers. It was planted with a host Birch tree, I remember getting them with my neighbour from a huge forest in the Dart Valley, specifically for this area of upper Toewoods, where the undergrowth is quite high and therefore the trees had to be quite big.

This year a number of other Honeysuckles are flowering, all over my plantations and this one has almost got a grip on some of the near by trees.

Honeysuckles spread under ground in much the same way as they do overground, with many spreading twisting Rhizomes. I think it's safe to say; that they are safely established and adapted to the conditions up here, although I imagine I will plant some more.