Tatarian Honeysuckle


Scientific Name: Lonicera tatarica L.
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Tatarian Honeysuckle(Lonicera tatarica)
USDA PLANTS Database
Recommended Temperature Zone:
Sunset®: 1-9,14-21,32-43

Origin: Siberia, eastern Asia

Growth Habits: Deciduous shrub, up to 12 feet tall (3.6 m.), up to 12 feet in spread (3.6 m.), bluish green ovate leaves, 1.48 to 2.52 inches long (3.7 to 6.3 cm.)

Flowers: White, pink or red flowers, in late spring

Fruit: Red or light orange berry, up to 0.248 inches long (6.2 mm.)

Propagation: Seed or occasionally cutting

  • by hardwood stem tip cuttings, in autumn. Propagate better in sand..
  • by seeds, in spring. The seeds can be harvested in summer. The seeds need 40F for 2mo..

Tatarian Honeysuckle(Lonicera tatarica)
© 2003 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Listed as an invasive plant in most of the US.


 

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