Amur Honeysuckle
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) is an invasive shrub around here but it does at least have pretty berries in the fall.
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Lonicera sempervirens
Lonicera sempervirens
Dorothy went to camp this morning so I gave Jonathan a ride to the farm. He plans to stay there for the week and Dorothy will pick him up on Friday. While I was there I took a few pictures of this trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) growing on a post in front of their garage. This is a native honeysuckle to the southeastern United States. The flowers are not fragrant but are quite pretty, with scarlet to orangish red on the outside and yellowish inside. They are attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.
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Tags: Blooms, Honeysuckle, Lonicera, Pink, Rocklands Farm
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Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle)
Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle)
This is one of the more prevalent weed shrubs in our area. The Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) is an east Asian native that has firmly established itself as noxious weed in the eastern half of North America. It’s got the sweet, tubular flowers typical to honeysuckles, starting out white and aging to yellow. They are followed in the fall (right about now, obviously) by bright red, juicy berries. Although they are inedible to humans, birds eat them and spread the seeds far and wide. They were once planted as an ornamental and you can see why. However, they are no longer recommended, because of their invasive nature.
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Amur Honeysuckle, Honeysuckle, Invasive, Lonicera, Lonicera maackii, Non-Native Plant, Vine, Weed, Weeds
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