Japanese honeysuckle has become naturalized in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, and much of the US, including Hawaii, as well as a number of Pacific and Caribbean islands. It is classified as a noxious weed in Texas, Illinois, and Virginia, and is banned in Indiana and New Hampshire. It is listed on the New Zealand National Pest Plant Accord as an unwanted organism."
"Cultivation, management, and uses
Even though it is a highly invasive and destructive plant, this species is often sold by American nurseries as the cultivar 'Hall's Prolific' (Lonicera japonica var. halliana), and in the UK as the cultivar 'Halliana'. The cultivar is also known as Hall's Japanese honeysuckle.It is an effective groundcover and has strong-smelling flowers."
"The
scented yellow summer flowers of this honeysuckle vine are very
pleasing for their perfume, but are rather inconspicuous & not
generally numerous. The vine is really grown for the highly unusual
oaleaf-shaped, lime-green & golden veined variegated foliage.
It also produces a few blue-black berries of ornamental interest for
late summer & early autumn, not very many, & not regarded as
edible, though birds like them.
There are two distinct leaf types, plane 'Aureoreticulata' has ovate
leaves like the species & is the form nearly always seen distributed
through our local nurseries. But what we have is the strain with leaves
the shape of oakleaves.
We were at a nursery in a nearby town when Granny Artemis ran up to me
while i was checking out with a few small plants, & she asked me,
"Have you ever seen a honeysuckle with oak-shaped leaves?" I did a
quick-search of the brain-index & could only envision the usual
arrangement of pairs of round leaves, so said, "Nope." She said, "Well,
they have one!"
I didn't quite believe it & suspected something was mislabeled, but I
left the check-out counter to check it out, & sure enough, it was almost
the goldenet honeysuckle I'd often seen for sale, but there was no
doubthing this one had oak-shaped leaves, so we trundled back to the
check-out with one more item.
Since obtaining it, I've looked with greater scrutiny at the nursery
stocks here & there, & 90% of the time the leaves are round. I
like the oalkleaf form much better, since it is after all grown
mainly for the foliage, & this one's foliage is doubly unique for
shape as well as color.
Though restrained compared to the species, Oakleaf Goldnet Honeysuckle
can be a little rampant especially in the south, where it is evergreen
or semi-evergreen. In the Pacific Northwest all Japanese honeysuckle
cultivars are perfectly restrained, perhaps because the cooler weather
enforces a deciduous habit upon it so that it cannot get out of hand,
& 'Oakleaf Aureoreticulata' is more restrained than most, climbing
to a mere twelve feet with a twelve foot spread, less than half the size
of the species.
Though usually grown as a climbing vine, it can also be grown as a
groundcover creeper, or it can be hung from baskets & containers, or
over garden walls. "
In my experience, it's totally hardy. To be honest, I've never made any effort to eliminate it. Less invasive than vinca or Jasmine Bees. - the bane of my gardening life at the moment!). I just pull out the stems where they're a nuisance.
Thank you all, always something new to learn isn't there? It only has green leaves so not too exciting. It's in a very mixed section of hedge (clump) of rose, choisia, osmanthus,hawthorn, quince, ribes, holly and abelia (I think), so if it's a strong grower i'd better have it out before it drags them down.
2nd link above is written by Paghat...who lives near Seattle, on N.W. coast of USA. I posted her story as an example of someone else who had never seen oak leaf honeysuckle before.
I found her pros easy to read and interesting,
"Granny
Artemis & Paghat the Ratgirl live on a high hilltop in a
working-class neighborhood overlooking Sinclair Inlet of Puget Sound."
Posts
Interesting.
1. Quote wiki..
"As an invasive species[edit]
Japanese honeysuckle has become naturalized in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, and much of the US, including Hawaii, as well as a number of Pacific and Caribbean islands. It is classified as a noxious weed in Texas, Illinois, and Virginia, and is banned in Indiana and New Hampshire. It is listed on the New Zealand National Pest Plant Accord as an unwanted organism."
"Cultivation, management, and uses
Even though it is a highly invasive and destructive plant, this species is often sold by American nurseries as the cultivar 'Hall's Prolific' (Lonicera japonica var. halliana), and in the UK as the cultivar 'Halliana'. The cultivar is also known as Hall's Japanese honeysuckle.It is an effective groundcover and has strong-smelling flowers."
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Lonicera japonica Aureoreticulata
http://www.paghat.com/honeysuckleoakleaf.html
2. Quote from above ...
"The scented yellow summer flowers of this honeysuckle vine are very pleasing for their perfume, but are rather inconspicuous & not generally numerous. The vine is really grown for the highly unusual oaleaf-shaped, lime-green & golden veined variegated foliage.
It also produces a few blue-black berries of ornamental interest for late summer & early autumn, not very many, & not regarded as edible, though birds like them.
There are two distinct leaf types, plane 'Aureoreticulata' has ovate leaves like the species & is the form nearly always seen distributed through our local nurseries. But what we have is the strain with leaves the shape of oakleaves.
We were at a nursery in a nearby town when Granny Artemis ran up to me while i was checking out with a few small plants, & she asked me, "Have you ever seen a honeysuckle with oak-shaped leaves?" I did a quick-search of the brain-index & could only envision the usual arrangement of pairs of round leaves, so said, "Nope." She said, "Well, they have one!" I didn't quite believe it & suspected something was mislabeled, but I left the check-out counter to check it out, & sure enough, it was almost the goldenet honeysuckle I'd often seen for sale, but there was no doubthing this one had oak-shaped leaves, so we trundled back to the check-out with one more item.
Since obtaining it, I've looked with greater scrutiny at the nursery stocks here & there, & 90% of the time the leaves are round. I like the oalkleaf form much better, since it is after all grown mainly for the foliage, & this one's foliage is doubly unique for shape as well as color.
Though restrained compared to the species, Oakleaf Goldnet Honeysuckle can be a little rampant especially in the south, where it is evergreen or semi-evergreen. In the Pacific Northwest all Japanese honeysuckle cultivars are perfectly restrained, perhaps because the cooler weather enforces a deciduous habit upon it so that it cannot get out of hand, & 'Oakleaf Aureoreticulata' is more restrained than most, climbing to a mere twelve feet with a twelve foot spread, less than half the size of the species.
Though usually grown as a climbing vine, it can also be grown as a groundcover creeper, or it can be hung from baskets & containers, or over garden walls. "
Pics below.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lonicera+japonica+Aureoreticulata&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4w4qevLX-AhVjQUEAHaimAu0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
2nd link above is written by Paghat...who lives near Seattle, on N.W. coast of USA.
I posted her story as an example of someone else who had never seen oak leaf honeysuckle before.
I found her pros easy to read and interesting,
"Granny Artemis & Paghat the Ratgirl live on a high hilltop in a working-class neighborhood overlooking Sinclair Inlet of Puget Sound."