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Pruning the Honeysuckle
Alas, the title of this post isn’t some esoteric euphemism: I really did just prune my honeysuckle bush today.
Back in May, this particular bush featured tiny, delicate flowers. As with many of the bushes and plants that my landscaper couldn’t identify early in the spring, I went to the Twitternets and asked my followers:
Dear #lazyweb: What is this #white #flowering #tree called? My landscaper couldn’t tell me.
Swift came the reply:
And @martinivixen wins the #lazyweb prize! My plant appears to be Amur #Honeysuckle, per Google Image Search. Thanks!
It wasn’t until July that it started to get out of hand: huge, top-heavy, and increasingly unattractive. Today, during Connor’s nap, I took a leaf bag and my bypass pruners — and my cameraphone, of course — and went to town.
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