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Japanese Honeysuckle

Japanese Honeysuckle
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Invasive Plant
Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
 

This semi-deciduous scrambling or climbing shrub will grow to 8 m high. It has tube-like fragrant and nectar filled flowers ageing from white to yellow and profuse through summer. Small shiny black berries follow the flowers in autumn.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • The seeds are dispersed by water and birds, the stems root down where they touch the ground and the roots make new shoots.
  • This plant is also often dumped on bushland and roadside edges.
  • It was once frequently cultivated in gardens however the common honeysuckle is now a serious weed of moist conservation areas.
 
 
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Alternative Plants

Banksia Rose
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Alternative Plant Banksia Rose
Rosa banksia
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This climbing rose produces long slender twining canes that produce masses of tiny, double, white or yellow flowers in spring. It is one of the most popular climbing roses because of the beautiful spring blooms and almost complete absence of thorns.

Native sarsaparilla
Photo: © immij pty ltd
Alternative Plant Native sarsaparilla
Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This is a popular and generally hardy garden plant. The pea shape flowers appear in winter and spring and are usually violet in colour but pink and white forms are available. It is adaptable to most soils and aspects though sunnier positions produce better flowering. Given the wide range of species available we recommend that you ask at your garden centre for the best varieties for your garden.

Wonga Wonga vine
Photo: Lorna Rose
Alternative Plant Wonga Wonga vine
Pandorea pandorana
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This is a vigorous Australian native twining plant. The flowers are tubular and creamy-white with purple or brown markings in the throat. A number of selected colour forms of this species have been brought into cultivation, the most common is and 'Snowbells' with pure white flowers and 'Golden Showers' with yellowbronze flowers. Flowering occurs mainly in spring but may persist into summer.

 
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