Smooth bark is soooo overrated these days! How’s this for “interesting bark texture”?
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15 comments on Honeysuckle, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon.
Honeysuckle, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon.
15 responses to “Honeysuckle, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon.”
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love it! I love my ninebarks in my yard they have interesting bark! Smooth is overated, just like no wrinkles in humans-lol
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Ninebarks do have such beautiful bark, don’t they? I love that about the wrinkles…so true! It’s all about character…. 🙂
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lol:-)
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One of my honeysuckles is starting to look like that. Isn’t bark another interesting feature of shrubs? I have several shrubs in the garden which I have introduced for that feature alone.
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I agree – I think bark texture is fascinating…an important element to the aesthetics of the garden!
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Is this normal for a honeysuckle?
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Yes, as they age. I’ve never seen one quite that “mature” before – it’s quite impressive!
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Oh my, how old do you think that honeysuckle is? I love that. I always have to pat bark of trees and shrubs a little when I have the chance…does that make me a tree hugger? I hope so ;0)
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LOL I think you may indeed be a treehugger! How wonderful is that? 🙂
The building the honeysuckle is in front of was built in 1948 or 1949 – I think the shrub is at least that old.
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Wow! My honeysuckles don’t look like that at all–this must be an old guy!
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A senior citizen, for sure!
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Cool! The birds around here would have stripped that thing down to nothing for nest making. Plus I bet they’d like the honeysuckle berries.
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Food and fibre! It’s rather surprising this particular specimen is still intact.
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I was also thinking of birds using those strips for nests, like how crows use strips of wild grape vine bark.
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It would be ideal nest-building material, that’s for sure.
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Flowery Prose. 