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Lesson 41

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is a climbing plant, common in hedgerows, on shrubs, and woodlands, where it twines itself around other shrubs and trees. trumpet-shaped flowers appear from June to August and clusters of red berries ripen in the autumn. It includes 158 species native in the northern hemisphere in North America, Eurasia, and North Africa. Its growth rate is about 40-60cm a year. Some species of honeysuckle are the yellow honeysuckle, the Japanese honeysuckle, the coral honeysuckle, the winter honeysuckle, and many more. Bush honeysuckles are large, upright, spreading shrubs reaching up to 15–20 feet in height, with flowers that change from white to yellow, small red berries, and simple leaves that turn green much earlier than surrounding native vegetation. Most honeysuckles grow well in part shade, but they flower better in full sun conditions with six or more hours of direct sunlight a day. 

The classification is: 

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Order: Dipsacales
  • Subclass: Asteridae