| Scientific Name: | Lonicera pileata |
| Common Name: | privet honeysuckle |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Filler, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Leathery, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers paired, White, Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Violet, Purple, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Semi-evergreen; twigs/leaves at 45 degrees off branch; twigs purple; leaves sessile, opposite, elliptic, most 1-3cm long x 5-9mm wide, glossy dark-green, waxy; flowers arise from nodes, tubular, 5 lobed, ~9mm long x 3mm wide, light yellow to creamy-white, Apr-May; berries round, 3-4mm wide, violet-purple, Aug-Dec (persistent). | |