Season 3: Invasive Plants- Japanese Honeysuckle: Sickly Sweet Vine

In this episode of PlantStories, we talk about the cute plant Japanese Honeysuckle.  It's another woody vine that has some invasive fast growing tendencies, but also is a fan favorite for people to plant in their yard.  Join us as we talk about this week's invasive plant, the Japanese Honeysuckle in our Invasive Plants season finale.

Plants originating in Asia definitely seem to captivate us, but like most others the Japanese Honeysuckle can really overtake native plants and habitats.  Almost like a weird combo of Wisteria and Kudzu, Japanese Honeysuckle can girdle and crowd out other plants with ease.  It's a real shame because of it's tasty honeysuckle flowers and cute leaves that make it such an attractive plant.  We're going to talk about a little bit of this plant's history and just how important it's been to Asian medicine, possibly giving us some insight in how this plant could be good for us in the future.

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