I want to plant honeysuckle along my back fence, but can't find it anywhere. I don't want the "coral" variety, I want the yellow/white Japanese variety that smells so sweet.

I think it is considered an "invasive" plant, so the nursery's don't carry it.

Any suggestions on how to get a hold of some and the best time / method for planting?

You are going to have lots of Bees!

Try Confederate (or Star) Jasmine instead of the Jap Honeysuckle. It is a fast grower, evergreen & has the sweetest smelling flowers I know of.

A few years back we bought a honeysuckle plant from Houston Garden Center, I-10 and Mason.

There is a creek in our subdivision where a lot of it grows wild. I may just wait for another month or so when it starts to regrow and try and transplant some.

Any idea how I would need to transplant it?

pick up some root compound


1 Take softwood cuttings from a honeysuckle plant in early summer when the plant is growing. Use short garden clippers to make a clean cut of a wand between 4 and 24 inches long. Cut at a slight slant. Avoid clipping older strands that have already become woody. Leave very immature shoots on the honeysuckle bush or vine.

2 Drip 1/4 cup of water into a small plastic bag. Put the cutting, cut side down, into the bag. Seal with twine and set aside while taking other cuttings.

3 Initiate rooting by stripping the cutting of leaves on its bottom half. Dip the cut end into a commercial rooting compound.

4 Prepare the pots, baskets or bags that you'll use to complete the rooting process. Choose an unfertilized medium such as builder's sand, vermiculite or perlite. Bury the entire half of the wand that is without leaves. You may plant multiple wands in a single pot or basket.

5 Tamp the soil down firmly and water well. Wrap the pot or basket top in plastic wrap to create a greenhouse effect. Maintain steady moisture for the plant until rooting is complete. Water whenever condensation fades from the plastic cover.

6 Check the plants after two to three weeks to see how rooting is progressing. Gently lift one or two cuttings to view roots. Cuttings are ready to be planted when roots have grown to about 1 inch long.

7 Plant the new plants in well-tilled soil enriched with compost and peat moss. Keep them well-watered during the first year. Mulch in the fall with a blanket of straw or shredded leaves.