Hairy (pink) honeysuckle - Lonicera hispidula
Plant type: deciduous flowering vine
Height: 1-15’
Features: groups of pink trumpet flowers (late spring) that turn to red berries. Will vine upward with some training. Can take more sun than the orange honeysuckle.
PPL: yes
Light - full sun, part shade, full shade
Soil - dry, moist, seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: hummingbird magnet! Berries attract grouse, pheasants, flickers, robins, thrushes, bluebirds, waxwings, grosbeaks, finches, and juncos. If you’re lucky, smaller birds may make nests among the branches!
Plant type: deciduous flowering vine
Height: 1-15’
Features: groups of pink trumpet flowers (late spring) that turn to red berries. Will vine upward with some training. Can take more sun than the orange honeysuckle.
PPL: yes
Light - full sun, part shade, full shade
Soil - dry, moist, seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: hummingbird magnet! Berries attract grouse, pheasants, flickers, robins, thrushes, bluebirds, waxwings, grosbeaks, finches, and juncos. If you’re lucky, smaller birds may make nests among the branches!
Plant type: deciduous flowering vine
Height: 1-15’
Features: groups of pink trumpet flowers (late spring) that turn to red berries. Will vine upward with some training. Can take more sun than the orange honeysuckle.
PPL: yes
Light - full sun, part shade, full shade
Soil - dry, moist, seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: hummingbird magnet! Berries attract grouse, pheasants, flickers, robins, thrushes, bluebirds, waxwings, grosbeaks, finches, and juncos. If you’re lucky, smaller birds may make nests among the branches!
