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Jan 10, 2015 9:14 PM CST
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Name: Donna King
Selmer, TN (Southern West TN) (Zone 7b)
Hummingbirder Garden Ideas: Master Level
Wanted to share pix of my wood vines. Some call them a honeysuckle, & I guess they are a honeysuckle of sorts or in the honeysuckle family. The red one was given to me close to 40 years ago by my Aunt Elsie, who also gave me my purple Achiminee's and my Jeruselum Cherries. Years later, I found a yellow one from Park Seed Company and got it, but it made a single stem coming out of the ground and I've never been able to get any little ones from around it like you can the red one. Both are beautiful. Does anyone have these in another color?? Notice how the leaves are a little different though from average honeysuckle plants.
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The Hooterville Hillbilly @ Hummingbird Hill
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Jan 10, 2015 10:39 PM CST
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very nice, does it smell pretty?
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Jan 11, 2015 7:36 AM CST
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Name: Donna King
Selmer, TN (Southern West TN) (Zone 7b)
Hummingbirder Garden Ideas: Master Level
Thank you Frilly. They do not have the traditional sweet heavenly honeysuckle smell, I have never noticed a lot if fragrance, but they have a long bloom season and are so beautiful! I just love them. Thank You!
The Hooterville Hillbilly @ Hummingbird Hill
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Jan 31, 2015 10:50 PM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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The first pic you posted looks a lot like my Coral Honeysuckle, which is a great plant!
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
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Feb 1, 2015 7:20 PM CST
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Name: Donna King
Selmer, TN (Southern West TN) (Zone 7b)
Hummingbirder Garden Ideas: Master Level
Linda, is this a pix of your honeysuckle, as the leaves look different to the leaves on mine. But I could be wrong??
The Hooterville Hillbilly @ Hummingbird Hill
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Feb 22, 2015 12:11 AM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
Organic Gardener Bookworm Enjoys or suffers hot summers Charter ATP Member Salvias Herbs
Bluebonnets Native Plants and Wildflowers Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Forum moderator Purslane Hummingbirder
Yes, that's my Coral Honeysuckle in my pic above.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Feb 22, 2015 1:51 PM CST
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Name: Donna King
Selmer, TN (Southern West TN) (Zone 7b)
Hummingbirder Garden Ideas: Master Level
Yes, looking at your pix, I can see the leaves are different, mine has a pair situated opposite each other on the stem always and yours are like most honeysuckles. The blooms look the same though. My yellow has the same leaves.
The Hooterville Hillbilly @ Hummingbird Hill
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