Judith Browning wrote:
Ha! I did not see you post this version here. I *love* this and am planting all the flowers (physically and metaphorically speaking) that I can!
Jocelyn, I think what is said in that meme can't be said too often
That's beautiful honeysuckle!!! What variety? I think ours is the one that is considered 'invasive' and I don't care at all...wonderful scent, beautiful flowers and I think it will give the other 'edge of the creek' plants (bittersweet and vinca and ivy and privit) some healthy competition.
It's a cultivated variety I bought at a
local nursery (I think), though I don't think I saved the tag. I've been taking pics of plant tags now, though I have failed the second step of putting those pics in a place I might find them. Ha!
We have a wild honeysuckle here, too, though we're such a dry climate it's probably not invasive here. We have a wild (
native?) clematis and I planted some seeds of that earlier in the fall by the back gate in very poor soil (though I've been
Ruth Stout composting - adding kitchen scraps under
mulch - around there to help). We'll see if any of the wild clematis sprouts. By our front
gate adjacent to the front porch, I also bought and planted a Nelly Moser clematis across from this honeysuckle. A flower bower over that gate would work for me!!
Flower bowers, and more beauty, joy and lushness are part of my dream.
Back to the honeysuckle, I recently learned the honeysuckle blossoms are a Chinese (?)
medicinal tea, though my memory is foggy on that and I have no recollection what for. I think they are awesome pollinator and hummingbird plants, so I'm happy to hear you're enjoying and encouraging it despite the "invasive" warnings!