Yellow Twining Honeysuckle (Lonicera reticulata) 1 GAL
Fall Species
This Species is typically available during our Fall Sale Preorders in August, and/or the in-person Fall Sale Mid-September through Mid-October at Geist Nursery in Fishers, IN.
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This species is not available this year. We hope to see it next Fall!
A.k.a. grape honeysuckle*. A native honeysuckle vine with distinctive rounded leaves, showy, tubular yellow flowers and red berries. A manageably sized vine with sparse branches that can be trained to a trellis. Attracts hummingbirds and hummingbird moths, and hosts two species of hummingbird moth!
Pollination: 2+ individuals needed.
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture: Wet Mesic, Mesic
Soil Type: Loam, Sandy Loam, Rocky Loam
Height: Up to 15’
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: May-Jun
Fruit: Clusters of berries mature to red in summer.
Fall Color: -
Root Type: Likely Branching
Notable Wildlife Interactions: Flowers attract bees, flies, hummingbird clearwing moths, and hummingbirds. Hosts moths such as the snowberry clearwing, hummingbird clearwing, honeysuckle moth, and some smaller insects. Berries are eaten by songbirds such as cedar waxwings, catbirds, thrashers, and thrushes. Twisted vines provide valuable nesting habitat. Commonly browsed by deer.
*Lonicera prolifera is a common scientific synonym.
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