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  • From: fran gustman <fgustman@juno.com>
  • To: gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Shrubs for birds
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 14:37:43 -0400

The honeysuckle is considered invasive because of the berries and they
are primarily distributed by the birds. So trimming it back only controls
its spread in its own immediate vicinity. If you are in an area near
woodland, it is not advised that Lonicera japonica, or some of the
shrubs, be planted.

Fran

The birds:

> like to shelter in the honeysuckle that crawled up and over my back
> porch fence, and they eat those berries also. The honeysuckle is
> invasive, and has to be trimmed back every year.

Fran Gustman, fgustman@juno.com
Boston, MA, Zone 6
Editor, HortResources Newsletter, www.hortresources.org
Editor, Holly Society Journal, www.hollysocam.org




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