If the deer ate your honeysuckle, maybe it wasn’t one of the problem honeysuckles.
Japanese honeysuckle is the worst in NJ - in the sun it has white and yellow flowers, the ones that children suck the nectar from, and has the most delicious scent. In the shade it’s just leaves and deer don’t touch it. It seeds and creeps everywhere, very invasive.
Here is coral honeysuckle, a native. Hummingbirds love it. The deer have not touched it in my yard either.
As a child my friend and I spent a summer day putting Honeysuckle nectar drop by drop into a saucepan. We gathered about a half an inch. Then we ruined (by accident) with our recipe to make a thicker syrup.
I will forever love the smell of Honeysuckle and the memories it brings. A few years ago I grew it intentionally along a fence with only a small strip of land between my driveway and a neighbors. But, keeping it under control was more work than I wanted and tore it out.
Is the Coral Honeysuckle the same as a Trumpet Vine? I haven’t had much luck with them.
