Dottie's Outbox

I have a honeysuckle vine growing in the shade. It blooms all summer and is very attractive and low maintenance.

You need to get rid of this thing now! We bought a farm in 1985. The first year, we noticed an alfalfa plant with a strange color. Looked close and found it to be covered with a yellowish/orange string looking stuff. We were lucky to have a neighbor who was a homesteader and had seen it all. He told us to remove the plant if possible or remove all the plant twining on it. It is a parasitic plant called dodder. It has no roots. Lives on the host and makes seeds which fall off and grow onto another plant. You can go on google or any site and look it up. Interesting plant. Happy Gardening!!