Honeysuckle and invasive brush removal in Cincinnati

Great Parks of Hamilton County calls bush honeysuckle its most invasive shrub. It leafs out earlier than most native plants, which shades out the wildflowers and young trees underneath it. Leave it alone for a few years and a wooded lot can become one solid thicket.

It isn’t alone. Autumn olive and multiflora rose fill in the same way, and multiflora rose adds thorns that make the job miserable by hand.

Cutting honeysuckle by hand is slow, and you end up with mountains of brush to drag somewhere. The mulching head takes it down and grinds it up in place, so a thicket becomes open woods with a layer of mulch on the ground.

We work around your mature oaks, maples and other keeper trees, and we walk the property with you first so we both know what stays. This works well on wooded hillsides and ravine edges, where a dozer would tear up the slope and the mulch helps hold the soil.

Here’s what a good contractor should tell you: clearing is the first step, not the last. Honeysuckle stumps can resprout, and seeds already in the ground will sprout once sunlight gets in.

Plan on some follow-up in the next couple of growing seasons, whether that’s mowing what you can reach, pulling seedlings or treating resprouts. We’ll talk through what fits your property so the work holds up.

Late fall through winter is a great time. The leaves are off the native trees, so we can see the ground, and honeysuckle is often still easy to pick out because it holds its leaves late. Frozen ground also means less rutting.

We work year-round, though, so don’t wait if it’s bothering you now. Jobs start at $2,500, which covers one full crew day. Send us a short video walking the area and we can usually price it quickly.