General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 10 - 20 feet
Plant Spread: 3 - 6 feet
Leaves: Other: Dark blue-green
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Crimson red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Other: May to June, with some sporadic additional bloom until Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are mildly toxic
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Trumpet Honeysuckle
  • Coral Honeysuckle

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Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2013-07-08

Date: 2012-04-23
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: Tennessee
photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: My yard
Date: 2014-08-11
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