Burning Bush: Is it really a problem for our natural areas?

[@ranfam99]

We have honeysuckle all over our property and it covers surrounding properties. We are also in southwest Ohio. I work at it every chance I get. Thanks to your videos, we have all that we need to tackle it. It seems never ending!

[@marky3131]

Good on you. Stay at it! As long as you paint the stumps with an herbicide right after you cut them down they will rarely regrow.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Thanks for working at it! Some days you will feel like you are conquering the world, and other days you will feel smothered in new invasives, but each step is a step towards a better world.

[@RGT8388]

Thanks, best argument I have heard for not planting invasive plants.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Thanks!

[@debmiller3213]

Currently at war w/honeysuckles in Ft Wayne IN. Not knowing any better I used to think they were “baby trees” .They’d sprout early and die late in season. Sadly, not many young trees left. Now we’re cutting them off at ground level with recipro saw and treating with herbicide. Thanks for sharing

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Thanks for reducing the honeysuckle population!

[@treesofcarolinianontario]

Very well said :) I think part of the problem is that people aren't aware of native alternatives and native plants aren't readily available. Isn't Wahoo a native alternative? I don't know much about it as they are rare in Ontario and i haven't been able to get one.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

People tout the native Wahoo as a good alternative, but it really has a very different growth form. It you are looking for fall color I think there are better options. What those options are depends on your area of the world and soil type.

[@ninetypercentnative]

Thank you for this. I shared to my facebook page. It’s everywhere here in Northern VA…..🤦🏻‍♀️

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

I have a video on treating with vinegar in the works!

[@mrknittle532]

I'm in central western Ohio and am actively propagating Eastern wahoo (a native Euonymus), redbud, serviceberry, native dogwoods and viburnums, you name it, to try to crowd out some of these invasives. I'm constantly killing back amur honeysuckle and callery pear (distributed by birds) on my property. Luckily, I don't have any burning bush (yet). I try to educate everyone that will listen about invasive species and native alternatives. A couple of weeks ago, my mother asked what the burning bushes were and how pretty they were. I quickly told her the invasiveness of them and to plant wahoo if she wanted something similar.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Thanks for spreading the message!

[@everyman6328]

Well said. I fear I’ll be sawing/spraying/painting honeysuckle and then the multiflora rose that replaces it until I die. Love the videos.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

It's a journey, but each step is a step in the right direction.

[@marky3131]

The thing is there are excellent alternatives such as chokeberry and native burning bush. I think the chokeberry is the best of the two but that’s just my opinion. Keep up the good work and I’ll continue to get rid of these shrubs on our property.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

There are lots of better option. I didn't go into them because it really depends on where you live.

[@ala5831]

I can thank 2 nearby neighbors for mine. And winter creeper. Been knocking the burning bush back with garlon 4 basal bark treatment. Noticed recently I will have to work a little harder at it.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Have you tried talking with the neighbor?

[@ala5831]

@@TheWoodlandSteward I tried talking to him about the privet growing along his driveway, thats all over the township now too no avail. Some people just don’t care. As long as it doesn’t hurt them then it’s okay

[@jameswinnett4012]

Absolutely on your side, with any invasive!

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Thanks!

[@fisherofmentn]

thing is you missed all the medicinal uses of the Bush and just how valuable it really is.. it’s a healing herb that God has given to use for our healing and health.. honeysuckle as well..

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

Interesting. How do you use it?

[@fisherofmentn]

@@TheWoodlandSteward my wife has lime disease and we are currently treating it with a Japanese knotweed tincture..God has given us every herb for everything under the sun, and what I’ve noticed in my journey is that every time someone is suffers from something the cure is always right in front of them literally growing in the yard right in our faces..

[@paulh6591]

I find that my neighbors are oblivious regarding what invasive are growing on their property and don't care but with a tactful conversation they're cool with me coming over and pulling stiltgrass, garlic mustard, etc. Luckily for me none of them have burning bush plants. One can see how they might get drawn in by their attractive fall color and not want them gone.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

My neighbors have been great once they understood the goal!

[@debradaugherty8287]

Thank you so much for saying these things. I am 100% on board, but the vast majority of people here in Massachusetts, even people that work in the tree and landscaping industry, don't recognize the problem at all. Luckily burning bush and honeysuckle are relatively easy to kill. Cut and recut. Or cut and dab.

[@TheWoodlandSteward]

I'm weeding a lot of it this week!

[@laurencejbelosevic3479]

There is a seedless variety now.

[@debrabiderman4275]

I am still pulling up Java Plum Seedlings 6 years later. (I did Not plant the original)

[@corniss]

It is all over the place in our woods. So tired of iduots crying about their rights being taken away.