General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 to 26 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small orange-red berries
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: Creamy-white tinged with pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are mildly toxic
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Honeysuckle
  • Italian Honeysuckle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lonicera caprifolium
  • Synonym: Lonicera italica

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Photo by Leo Michels

Author: fauxto_digit

Photo: Meneerke bloem

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo courtesy of Brushwood Nursery

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