Another Damn Honesuckle Sickness

[jim evans]

Another Damn Honeysuckle Sickness -- Can Someone Help?

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[Dewitt]

isn't a case of too much water.

deg

[jim evans]

I guess that's possible. We've certainly had monsoons for weeks on end. This guy is planted on the edge of an area that stands in water after a rain. It's located on higher ground. It never sits in water, but the ground near it stays saturated for several hours after a rain. This means recently it has been almost constantly saturated.

Does too much water have this effect?

jim

[Dewitt]

Don't really know, but

that it needs good drainage.

deg

[Travis]

Those leaves don't look anything like the leaves on my honeysuckle.

[Tyler Hopper]

I believe it is cape honeysuckle.

Tyler

[Darren Garrison]

If it kills Japanese Honeysuckle send it over here.

[Christopher Green]

Not unlikely. Your picture shows a Cape honeysuckle (not a honeysuckle but a trumpet vine), and it does not much enjoy wet feet.