Wild woodbine honeysuckle

FirstIn · 03-07-2013 08:50PM #1

Folks, I'm looking to get some wild woodbine honeysuckle. I bought a different strain of honeysuckle in a garden centre and it has done really badly for me.
Small yellow white flowers compared to the larger white red yellow flowers of the wild variety.
Anyone know where there's some growing wild in hedges in Wicklow hence the posting in this forum.

aynneone · 03-07-2013 11:54PM

Up Bray Head if its not a million miles away..when you walk up the pathway after the Grove...up to the next section, then you get to the part that is partially wooded, Ive found it in the past on the left hand side there..my favourite smell in the whole world..on a hot summers night...

FirstIn · 04-07-2013 07:46AM

aynneone wrote: »

Up Bray Head if its not a million miles away..when you walk up the pathway after the Grove...up to the next section, then you get to the part that is partially wooded, Ive found it in the past on the left hand side there..my favourite smell in the whole world..on a hot summers night...

Bray head isn't far from me, but I'm unsure of where the Grove is?

B0jangles · 04-07-2013 08:06AM

I know another place where there is always honeysuckle on Bray head - it's just after the fork in the path (on the Bray side, beside the car park) between the way up to the top and the way to the cliff walk.

You go on the cliff path for no more than 2-3 minutes 'til you get to a corner with a crumbly wall on your right where a little stream is coming down the hillside. There's a big clump of honeysuckle around there.

FirstIn · 04-07-2013 03:18PM

Cool. I presume it's ok to take some for growing at home.

pixbyjohn · 06-07-2013 04:11PM

FirstIn wrote: »

Bray head isn't far from me, but I'm unsure of where the Grove is?

The Grove is the group of cottages near Crispins Cell accessed from the dip at the bottom of Windgates or from the Cliff walk.

Wild woodbine honeysuckle

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