Here's what folks have to say about it on that other site. It looks like it would be a real hummingbird magnet, too. Susan Here is a link that might be useful: Mexican Honeysuckle

Relax! You can go after this genus with a chain saw and it'll pop right back up. In fact, most honeysuckles need a severe pruning every couple of years to encourage new shoots and rejuvenate the plant. However, since you've got it on a fence, you may want to avoid the chainsaw, and focus instead on the three D's: diseased, damaged or deranged growth. Old, woody stems can be cut back hard; anything that's died off or has got galls or fungus or doesn't look healthy gets cut back to the ground, and any stems that are headed where you don't want them to can be cut back to a proper area as well. It'll look really bare for a few weeks, but new growth will start up right away and you'll be back in honeysuckle heaven in no time. Enjoy! Jim

Thanks for the response. It's amazing how many different descriptions you can find for a single named cultivar. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed & hope for fragrant blooms next year. I bought her a mock orange also. It still had one bloom left, so at least we know it will smell good! Carla

I goofed, Robert. I meant columbine! Red Canadian columbine! Are you getting visits to your Major Wheeler now? I have three growing up my deck posts, and hummers visited it a lot last summer. It's just starting to open, so maybe I'll get some visits to it soon. I've had hummers from July, but never this early. I'm determined to find something to bring them. I'm thinking they may be out there, but I don't have anything to attract them in my windows til July. So I'm trying to figure out what to plant so I can *see* them if they're there.