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  Honeysuckle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honeysuckle can be controlled by cutting, flaming, or burning the plant to root level and repeating on two-week increments until nutrient reserves in the roots are depleted.
Honeysuckle can also be controlled through annual applications of glyphosate, or through grubbing if high labor and soil destruction are not of concern.
Lonicera xylosteum (Fly Honeysuckle) is a common homeopathic remedy, used for asthma, breathing difficulties and syphilis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honeysuckle   (221 words)

  
 Honeysuckle Vine
A honeysuckle vine is a woody vine with leaves, which are from 1 to 3 inches long.
The honeysuckle vine produces fruit, which are orange or red berries about a quarter of an inch large.
The honeysuckle vine is a climbing vine that can grow to as much as twenty-five feet in height.
www.aboutvines.com /honeysuckle_vine.shtml   (184 words)

  
 Honeysuckle - Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Welcome to Honeysuckle, the Hunter’s premier waterfront playground, where the glistening harbour meets the city in a stretch of land that’s home to bustling cafes, world-class restaurants and hotels, inviting public spaces, boardwalks, residential areas, a marina and busy commercial centres.
The Honeysuckle Development Corporation was established in 1992 to redevelop disused government land along Newcastle Harbour with the aim of creating a vibrant place for people to work, live and play.
The 50 hectares Honeysuckle is bringing to life is close to Newcastle’s CBD and is contributing to the revitalisation of the city by creating jobs, generating investment and attracting people to the area.
www.honeysuckle.net   (125 words)

  
 Honeysuckle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The honeysuckle plant is deciduous and native to southern Europe and the Caucasus.
The Mexican Honeysuckle is native to the Americas and is a showy plant, producing orange or red flowers that bloom all summer and attract hummingbirds.
Honeysuckle has long been used in Chinese medicine to clear heat and to relieve toxicity, especially that of such inflammatory diseases as rheumatoid arthritis, abscesses, sores, inflammation of the breast, and dysentery.
www.innvista.com /HEALTH/herbs/honeysuc.htm   (696 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - honeysuckle, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
The family includes the elders, viburnums, weigelas, and snowberries as well as the honeysuckles; many are hardy plants that are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals.
Some plants of other families are also called honeysuckle, e.g., the swamp and purple honeysuckles of the heath family.
Honeysuckle is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Dipsacales, family Caprifoliaceae.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/honeysucl.html   (422 words)

  
 VA NHP Japanese Honeysuckle Fact Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Japanese honeysuckle occurs primarily in disturbed habitats such as roadsides, trails, fence rows, abandoned fields and forest edges.
Japanese honeysuckle was, and in some areas still is, planted as an ornamental ground cover, for erosion control, and for wildlife food and habitat.
Negative effects of Japanese honeysuckle invasion include development of malformed trunks in trees, suppression of plant growth, inhibition of regeneration in woody and herbaceous plants, and alteration of habitats used by native wildlife.
www.vnps.org /invasive/invloni.htm   (723 words)

  
 Honeybee plants - Honeysuckle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Honeysuckle grows wild in our area, and produces fragrant blossoms at the end of May or beginning of June.
Honeysuckle blossoms are a great source of food for bumble bees.
Our honey bees also visit these blossoms, but they are only able to collect pollen from them, as the nectar is farther down the throat of the blossoms than a honey bee can reach.
www.blessedbee.ca /encyclopedia/honeybee_plants/honeysuckle.php   (100 words)

  
 Species: Lonicera japonica
Japanese honeysuckle is listed by the state of Vermont as a Category II plant: "exotic plant species considered to have the potential to displace native plants either on a localized or widespread scale" [139].
Japanese honeysuckle is pollinated by insects and hummingbirds [70].
Japanese honeysuckle is an important early and late-season host for the important agricultural pests tobacco budworm and corn earworm in southern Georgia and northern Florida [91].
www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/vine/lonjap/all.html   (8898 words)

  
 Care and Cultivation of Honeysuckle Vines, Lonicera japonica
If the planting area is properly prepared and mulched, your Honeysuckle will be satisfied with a light annual applicaton of a balanced fertilizer (10-10-10) at the beginning of the growing season, and then once again in the middle of the blooming season.
Honeysuckle should be planted in early spring, as soon as frost danger has passed.
Hall's Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) may become invasive if it is not kept in check by prune back hard in winter to prevent the build-up of woody growth.
www.thegardenhelper.com /honeysucklecare.html   (674 words)

  
 Honeysuckle
Bush honeysuckle, however, is not the graceful vine of past remembrances, but instead is an invasion into Missouri forests, destroying the understory by blocking sunlight from other species.
To preserve the St. Louis County Parks natural resources from this invasion, destroying the bush honeysuckle was identified as a priority, according to Theiling.
It was decided that removal would begin where the honeysuckle was encroaching on County Park trails, not only for protection of the understory, but also to keep the trails safer.
www.co.st-louis.mo.us /parks/honeysuckle.html   (562 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica Thunb.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Japanese honeysuckle is separated easily from the native honeysuckle vines by its leaves.
Leaves near tips of the vines of Japanese honeysuckle are opposite and not united, while leaves of native honeysuckles (3 species) are united at the base, forming a single leaf surrounding the stem.
Japanese honeysuckle is native to Japan, introduced to the U.S. in 1806 for horticultural ground-cover purposes.
www.conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/exotic/vegman/thirteen.htm   (1328 words)

  
 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle is a large, volubilate shrub of the genus Lonicera.
Despite the sweetness of its fragrance and nectar, the medicinal parts of the plant are bitter, due to the saponin in its stem, the 8% tannin in the leaves and the 1% insitol in its flowers.
Honeysuckle should be used for acute conditions, and is not meant to be used in the treatment of chronic illnesses.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0004/ai_2603000431   (840 words)

  
 Connecticut - Invasive Plant Fact Sheet/Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle's flowers are fragrant, two-lipped, one to two inches in length, and white, changing to yellow with age.
Japanese honeysuckle is distinct from two other trailing honeysuckles, the trumpet honeysuckle (L. sempervirens) and wild honeysuckle (L. dioica), found in Connecticut.
The fruits of the other honeysuckles are red to orange-red berries, and their uppermost pair of leaves are joined together.
nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/connecticut/science/art318.html   (526 words)

  
 Lonicera japonica Species Management Summary (ESA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Honeysuckle plants are severely stressed in low light, and lose substantial amounts of aboveground biomass after long periods of low light: Blair (1982) reported that leaf biomass declined 94% after two years at very low light (8% of full sunlight), and plants suffered stem dieback and leaf loss, but did not die.
Honeysuckle grew so rapidly from both seedbank and top-killed plants that tree seedlings were outcompeted (Prine and Starr 1971).
Honeysuckle latent virus, a carlavirus infecting Lonicera periclymenum and Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae).
tncweeds.ucdavis.edu /esadocs/documnts/lonijap.html   (7616 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The (The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant) fruit is a globose dark blue (Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves) berry 5-8 mm diameter containing numerous (A small hard fruit) seeds.
It is an effective groundcover, and does have pleasant, strong-smelling (A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms) flowers, but the damage it does tremendously outweighs any positive qualities.
Honeysuckle can also be controlled through annual applications of (Click link for more info and facts about glyphosate) glyphosate, or through grubbing if high labor and soil destruction are not of concern.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/japanese_honeysuckle.htm   (171 words)

  
 Invasive Plants of Ohio - Factsheet 9 - Japanese Honeysuckle & Asian Bittersweet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Native honeysuckle vines (L.dioica) differ in that they bear red fruit at the ends of stems and the upper leaves or the stem are joined together.
Japanese honeysuckle is native to eastern Asia and was introduced into New York in 1806 as an ornamental plant and ground cover.
Japanese honeysuckle and Asian bittersweet are aggressive growers that can severely damage native plant populations by limiting needed sunlight, constricting nutrient flow in stems, and over-weighting treetops increasing the likelihood of wind damage.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /dnap/invasive/9japhoneysuck.htm   (644 words)

  
 Honeysuckle Aphid
Honeysuckle aphids tend to congregate on new plant growth.
Honeysuckle aphids overwinter as eggs and are primarily found on plants that were infested the previous year.
The brooming effect of honeysuckles is a giveaway for the presence of honeysuckle aphids.
www.oznet.ksu.edu /dp_hfrr/extensn/problems/honaphid.htm   (237 words)

  
 Honeysuckle - Lonicera japonica - Encapsulated Botanical - Herbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Honeysuckle, also known as Gum Nan Fah, Woodbine, Gold And Silver Flower, and Jin Yin Hua, is a familiar climbing, flowering plant whose many varieties grow worldwide.
Honeysuckle is a natural source of salicylic acid, the compound from which aspirin is made, and can thus be used in cases of headache, joint pain, and fevers.
Honeysuckle may also be used as a mild laxative, diuretic, and diaphoretic.
www.viable-herbal.com /singles/herbs/s773.htm   (911 words)

  
 Honeysuckle,flowers,Honeysuckle,flower Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Date : 10/21/2005 Time : 7:54:31 PM Honeysuckle is a large genus, Lonicera, of more than 150 species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or vines in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
Asiatic bush honeysuckles include winter honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantissima, a deciduous shrub that is partially evergreen in mild-winter climates.
Climbing species of honeysuckle include Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica, an evergreen vine that may be deciduous in colder regions.
www.4to40.com /4to40.com_non_ssl/earth/geography/htm/flowersindex.asp?counter=71   (200 words)

  
 Bush Honeysuckles
Differences between individual species of non-native honeysuckles are dependent on the presence of pubescence or hair on leaves and flowers and the length of flowers and their stems.
A rule-of-thumb regarding honeysuckles found in Illinois is that all honeysuckles with a bushy growth form are alien species, no native bush honeysuckles are known to occur in the State.
It is suspected that bush honeysuckle may produce allelopathic chemicals that enter the soil and inhibit the growth of other plants, preventing native plants from competing with the shrub.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/outreach/VMG/bhnysckl.html   (1325 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Honeysuckle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Genera see text The honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) is a rather small family consisting of about 450 dicotyledon flowering plants, mostly small trees and shrubs (seldom herbs), including some ornamental garden plants in temperate regions.
Binomial name Lonicera japonica The Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a twining vine with sweetly scented bell-shaped flowers.
Binomial name Lonicera morrowii A. Gray Morrows honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) is a deciduous honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Japan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Honeysuckle   (744 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Honeysuckles - Herb Profile and Information
caprifolium (Linn.), the smaller, or ITALIAN HONEYSUCKLE, of Mid- and Southern Europe, is used as a cutaneous and mucous tonic and vulnerary and the seeds as a diuretic.
The herbage of the true Honeysuckles is a favourite food of goats, hence the Latin name Caprifolium (Goats' Leaf), the French Chèvre-feuille, German Geisblatt and Italian Capri-foglio, all signifying the same.
The flowers in the form of syrup have been used for diseases of the respiratory organs and in asthma and the leaves as decoction in diseases of the liver and spleen.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/h/honeys31.html   (742 words)

  
 Floridata: Lonicera sempervirens
Coral honeysuckle is a twining or trailing woody vine that is evergreen or tardily deciduous in mild climates.
Coral honeysuckle grows wild in open woodlands, roadsides, fence rows and the edges of clearings, from Connecticut to Nebraska, and south to Texas and Florida.
Coral honeysuckle berries appear in late summer and fall to serve as a juicy food source for birds and other wildlife.
www.floridata.com /ref/L/loni_sem.cfm   (344 words)

  
 Dartmouth self catering - Honeysuckle Barn, Devon
Furnished to the highest standard, Honeysuckle Barn has been rated 4 stars by The English Tourism Council.
A picnic set is also provided and a welcome pack of tea, coffee, milk, sugar and eggs from our own hens will be placed in the barn for your arrival.
Honeysuckle Barn is strictly non-smoking and we regret that we cannot accept pets.
www.honeysucklebarn.com   (238 words)

  
 honeysuckle --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Honeysuckles are native to temperate zones of both hemispheres, but they also grow in the Himalayas, southern Asia, and North Africa.
They are frequently confused with Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarica), which is often called honeysuckle bush (see honeysuckle).
One member of the family, Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), is a fragrant flowering...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040942?tocId=9040942   (565 words)

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