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Limber honeysuckle

Lonicera dioica

Also called Glaucous Honeysuckle, Smooth Honeysuckle, Glaucous Leaved Honeysuckle, Mountain Honeysuckle, Red Honeysuckle, Small Honeysuckle, Smooth Leaved Honeysuckle

Limber honeysuckle
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0

Limber honeysuckle is a native North American climbing shrub or vine in the honeysuckle family, found from subarctic Canada to the eastern and central United States. It grows best in cool, moist conditions with some sun and good drainage.

Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then mostly rely on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soils.
Temperature
Hardy to very cold winters; suited to temperate and subarctic climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Subarctic America to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Lonicera dioica (limber honeysuckle, glaucous honeysuckle) is a vine in the honeysuckle family native to Canada and the eastern and central United States. Lonicera dioica comprises four variations: var. dasygyna, var. dioica, var. douglasii, and var. orientalis.

Other Lonicera plants

Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle · Western white honeysuckle · Alpine honeysuckle · Arizona honeysuckle · Sweetberry honeysuckle · American fly honeysuckle · Italian woodbine · Lonicera cerviculata · Orange Honeysuckle · Purpleflower honeysuckle · Etruscan honeysuckle · Yellow honeysuckle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera dioica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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