The neglected shrub we planted years ago at the back of our property to block our view of the phone and cable box. (“PapaThom, what’s a ‘phone box’?”) The same genus as Lonicera japonica, Japanese honeysuckle, which the USDA reports as “banned” or “prohibited” in three states (Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire) and a “Class B noxious weed” in a fourth (Vermont).
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
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