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Lonicera tatarica
Also called Tartarian Honeysuckle, Bush Honeysuckle
Tatarian honeysuckle is a bushy, deciduous shrub from Central and East Asia, grown for its fragrant pink to white spring flowers and red berries. It is tough and adaptable, but in North America it is an invasive weed, so check local rules before planting.
Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatarian honeysuckle. Native to Asia, the plant is one of several exotic bush honeysuckles present in North America, being considered an invasive species there.
The species has a low poisonous severity level to humans, with no reports of its fatal consumption. Eating its berries is not recommended, causing symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
L. tatarica is native to Siberia and other parts of eastern Asia, especially China. It is also known to grow in the Himalayas. After being introduced to North America as an ornamental plant in 1752, became a widespread introduced species and noxious weed. It is known across the continent west to Alaska and California, where it easily grows in disturbed habitat.
Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle · Sweetberry honeysuckle · Etruscan honeysuckle · Honeysuckle · Lonicera hildebrandiana · Pink honeysuckle · Japanese honeysuckle · Amur honeysuckle · Morrow's honeysuckle · Box honeysuckle · European honeysuckle · Lonicera × purpusii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera tatarica 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.
