Honeyvine Milkweed in Peach Plantings
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Honeyvine milkweed (Cynanchum laeve or Ampelamus albidus) is a vining perennial with a large taproot, rapid growth rate, and high seed production. Heart-shaped leaves are 4 to 7 inches long and arranged in opposite pairs along a tough, narrow stem. Vine damage results in release of milky sap. Green seedpods are 3 to 6 inches long and resemble other milkweed pods.
Honeyvine milkweed growth habit.
(Photo: John Strang, University of Kentucky)
Honeyvine milkweed in bloom.
(Photo: John Strang, University of Kentucky)
Honeyvine milkweed seed pod.
(Photo: John Strang, University of Kentucky)
Management:
- Apply pre-emergent herbicide.
- Minimal treatable leaf surface area makes post-emergent control difficult.
- Apply post-emergent herbicide persistently and repeatedly after germination.
- Once this weed grows upward through trees, it is difficult to manage with herbicides.
