Lonicera L.

Honeysuckle

North America native honeysuckles

	Lonicera canadensis	Lonicera sempervirens
Common Name	American fly honeysuckle	trumpet honeysuckle
Plant	Deciduous perennial shrubs are 3–6½′ (1–2 m) in size. Bark is light brown to brownish gray, and peels easily or hangs off.	Trumpet honeysuckle is a twining vine 3–20′ (91–609 cm) long, depending upon what it has to climb over. Bark is orange-brown, and peeling.
Leaves	1–4½ ⨉ ½–1½″ (3–12 ⨉ 1.5–4 cm), opposite, light green, smooth-edged, and hairless.	Roughly oval in shape, opposite, bluish green, and 1–3″ (2.5–7.6 cm) long. Leaves at the base of flowers are fused at the base.
Flowers	Tubular yellow or pale yellow flowers are twinned, hanging side-by-side like two funnel-shaped bells. Each flower has five flaring, triangular lobes, five pale yellow stamens and a yellow style. Each flower is ½–¾″ (1.3–1.9 cm) long. They appear from April to June.	In clusters of 2-4, each red or orange with yellow interiors, 1–2″ (2.5–5 cm) long, trumpet-shaped. They appear from April to July.
Fruit	Fruits are pairs of bright red berries, each about ¼–5/16″ (6.3–8.5 mm) long, shaped like two rounded cones, and joined at the bases. I don’t think there is any other fruit that resembles these. Each fruit contains several seeds.	Berries are orange-red to deep red in color
Range/ Zones	USDA Zones: 3-7	USDA Zones: 4-9
Habitats	Dry to moist upland woods, and occasionally in coniferous swamps and growing along streams.	Along roadsides, stream banks and in thickets.

Lonicera description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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