General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 6 to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small black berries
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Reddish-orange and yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Erosion control
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Pollution
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are bitter and unpalatable, and may be edible, mildly toxic or poisonous to humans, depending on the source.

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Common names
  • Twinberry Honeysuckle

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Location: My garden
Date: 2022-04-13
Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2024-04-03
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-22
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 4, 2012 1:31 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and light brown/tan pollen from this plant.

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