| Scientific Name: | Lonicera xylosteum |
| Common Name: | fly honeysuckle, shrub honeysuckle |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Red, Dark-red, Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Bushy shrub; leaves grey-green, opposite, elliptic to slightly obovate, most 3-7cm long x 2-4cm wide, fuzzy; flowers tubular, in pairs, creamy white, about 16mm long, May-June; berries dark red. Winter ID: black stems with 'chicken feet' buds, opposite. ubescent, short-stalked, broad-elliptic to ovate or obovate leaves (to 2 1/ 2” long) emerge silver-green in early spring, but mature to gray-green or blue-green. Leaves retain good green color late into fall (no fall color other than a few purple tinges). Yellowish-white flowers (to 5/8” long) borne in pairs bloom in late spring (May-early June). Flowers are often tinged with red. Flowers are followed by dark red berries which ripen in July-August. Berries lack ornamental attractiveness. | |