Honeysuckle may be a blessing or a curse, depending on why and where you plant it and which type you plant. Hall’s honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’) is the species most commonly seen.

The old traditional name for the fragrant climber honeysuckle is woodbine. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Bard weaves woodbine and musk roses over Queen Titania’s woodland bower.

While Hall's honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica 'Halliana') looks most like Giant Burmese honeysuckle only smaller, birds spread its seeds and it can smother weaker plants and become a weed.

Honeysuckle has ensnared us for centuries. Like most plants, it’s always had magical properties to ease us through the perils of life.