| Scientific Name: | Leycesteria formosa |
| Common Name: | Himalayan honeysuckle |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract birds, Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Tall background, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Serrulate, Sinuate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Purple, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Purple, Black, Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Upright, thicket forming bush with blue green bamboo-like shoots; leaves opposite, ovate, up to 7(-10)cm wide x 13(-18)cm long; flowers white, about 12mm wide, in pendulous racemes with showy dark red bracts; berries oval, dark red to black, up to 16mm long. Winter ID: bark smooth, green; leaf scars narrow and extend more than half way around twigs. | |