Lonicera

Yandrosxx

I collected this Honeysuckle today. Sorry to post it twice, but I also wanted some input on which trunk line makes the best front. It matters as branches start to grow.

It is large, the trunk itself is four to five inches in diameter at the middle. The nebari is significantly larger depending on where you measure it.

I also wanted to know from those with experience whether the cuts will heal over or do they eventually need to be carved or otherwise hidden?

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bubbafrga

The second pic i like as the front but it depends on what buds out.

I have never worked with honeysuckle so not sure how it heals....

Good luck with it.

Bubbafrga

apisto

Yeah i concur, the second ones the one for me as well. Its got some real potential if the bud play the game and start to shoot out everywhere

bridge

Yandro, are these the honeysuckle that grow wild? I have a whole hillside full of them but they are just thin scraggly vines.

Yandrosxx

Yes, but you have to keep in mind there are hundreds of varieties that exist both as vines and shrubs. I happen to have hundreds of them that grow as shrubs all over my property and the adjacent properties.

And nearly all of them grow as upright straight stalk shrubs with little or no movement in the trunks. There are several like this one though that seem to me to be worth the effort.

ianb

The leaves will reduce in pot culture but they do not heal over large cuts (or even medium size cuts). Think of this as an opportunity to introduce a bit of character, with a little carving some nice hollows can be made.

Hope this helps.

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Yandrosxx

That's what I thought, but in picture 57613 you can see a rather large wound that appears to be healing over. If the top cuts aren't going to heal over, I'll hollow them out and tie them into the existing wound. If they will, I'll go a different route.

dankone

dig them all they are probably an invasive species in your area.

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Yandrosxx

Yes, they are invasive and they have definitely invaded. There is one strecth, however, of nothing but honeysuckle and large trees for several thousand feet in length. It's actually quite pretty. Clearing them would be an enormous undertaking.