ALBANY -- Honeysuckle smells sweet and its red berries make a colorful splash in the fall, but this flowering shrub may be a magnet for deer with ticks that spread Lyme disease. A recent academic ...

Honeysuckle in Ohio creates a variety of issues for native plants, animals, ... That also makes it an ideal place to be a tick, including those that carry Lyme and other diseases.

Garlic mustard, amur honeysuckle and bradford pear are invasive plant species that need to be removed so Ohio's natural plants can thrive. iSTOCK/COX. AVERAGE GUY OUTDOORS (COLUMN) ...

Their scent may be as sweet as honey, but for many gardeners, honeysuckles have a bad name. “Some species of honeysuckle shrubs and vines are extremely invasive in the Midwest,” said Spencer ...