General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 10 - 20 feet
Plant Spread: 3 - 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Other: Dark red outside and yellow and white inside
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: July to frost
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Other Beneficial Insects: Moths
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are mildly toxic
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Honeysuckle
  • Woodbine
  • European Honeysuckle
Also sold as:
  • Serotina Florida

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-08-05
- Up close: an exotic and fragrant bloom.
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 18, 2004
At Peak Bloom
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2021-05-21
Location: My Gardens
Date: February 2006
After A Light Snow
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-22
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-22
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-04-29

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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Location: My Gardens
Date: May 18, 2004
At Peak Bloom
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-04-29
One of several purchased from Dogwoodritter years ago.

Photo courtesy of Brushwood Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-06-10
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-22

Date: 2004-06-10
Location: Lilburn Tower garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2019-06-16
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 25, 2013 3:56 PM concerning plant:
    I do love all of my honeysuckles, but Serotina is especially nice. This late Dutch honeysuckle starts blooming in the summer and pretty much keeps blooming after that. It also forms red berries, which the birds, especially catbirds, just love to eat.
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Apr 23, 2013 3:13 AM concerning plant:
    Colorful and beautiful!
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