Japanese honeysuckle

Common weeds

Scientific name
Lonicera japonica
Description
Very dense, generally evergreen, scrambler or climber, capable of smothering other plants. Wiry purplish stems, hairy when young, able to strangle soft-stemmed plants. Berries and leaves poisonous.
Weed category
Enironmental weed
How to indentify
Pairs of bright green, egg-shaped to oblong leaves 3-8cm x 1-4cm, paler below. Pairs of highly fragrant white flowers 20-30mm long, ageing to yellow, in leaf axils at the ends of branchlets. Poisonous shiny dark red to black berries to 10mm across.
How it spreads
  • Birds
  • Water
  • Garden waste
  • Stems layer on contact with soil
Environmental impact

Regenerate readily, invading bushland areas. 

Suggested plant replacement
Removal methods
Plant specific removal methods

Cut dense sections of plants first, exposing the upright stems. Paint stems with poison with small infesations. Large patches can be sprayed. 

Plant with small bright green leaves creeping over a tree with strong woody trunk  Close up of white and yellow flowers with thin stymens

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