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Etruscan honeysuckle

Lonicera etrusca

Etruscan honeysuckle
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lonicera etrusca is a deciduous climbing honeysuckle from southern Europe and western Asia, grown for its fragrant flowers and red berries. It needs a sunny spot, a support to climb, and well-drained soil.

Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells, especially while establishing, and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, fertile loam
Temperature
Hardy in cool to mild climates; protect young growth from hard frost
How easy
Easy
Safety
Toxic: The berries are poisonous, and eating them may cause illness.
Native range
SC. Europe to Medit. and W. Caucasus
Climate
subtropical

About

Lonicera etrusca is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Etruscan honeysuckle. It is native to Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa and it is known elsewhere, including the Pacific Northwest of North America, as an introduced species where it has escaped cultivation. It is kept in gardens as an ornamental plant.

Safety

The berries are poisonous, however they serve as an important source of food for some animals, namely frugivores that live alongside L. etrusca.

Other Lonicera plants

Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle · Sweetberry honeysuckle · Honeysuckle · Lonicera hildebrandiana · Pink honeysuckle · Japanese honeysuckle · Amur honeysuckle · Morrow's honeysuckle · Box honeysuckle · European honeysuckle · Lonicera × purpusii · Trumpet honeysuckle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera etrusca 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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