Lonicera periclymenum NS7847 8Jul2020 MP
Lonicera periclymenum NS7847 8Jul2020 MP
Lonicera periclymenum NS7847 8Jul2020 MP
Lonicera periclymenum NS7847 8Jul2020 MP
Lonicera periclymenum 30May2016 NS7747 MP
The distal leaves are joined around the stem.
Lonicera caprifolium x etrusca = L. x italica NS6168 27May2019 PW
This is now the commonest variety in the garden from where it escapes.
Lonicera caprifolium x etrusca = L. x italica NS6168 27May2019 PW
Lonicera caprifolium x etrusca = L. x italica NS6168 27May2019 PW
Lonicera caprifolium x etrusca = L. x italica NS6168 27May2019 PW
Lonicera tatarica 26Apr2017 NS7748 MP
Lonicera nitida 26Apr2017 NS7748 MP
Lonicera nitida NS5959 20Sep2017 PW
Lonicera nitida NS5959 20Sep2017 PW
Lonicera pileata NS 7571 08June2019 PW
The leaves are thinner with a clear connate base.
Lonicera pileata NS5957 12June2019 PW
Lonicera pileata NS5957 12June2019 PW
Lonicera pileata NS5465 27Sep2018 PW
Lonicera species - Honeysuckles
Climbers with flowers and fruit in sessile terminal whorls.
Lonicera periclymenum - Honeysuckle. Commonest All leaves separate and not fused. Red berry. Cultivars have more purple in the flowers.
Lonicera caprifolium - Perforate Honeysuckle. At least the topmost leaves are joined at base round the stem. Orange berry. Bracteole at base of flower missing or minute.
Lonicera x italica - Garden Honeysuckle is like L. caprifolium but has 1mm bracteole obscuring ovary
Lonicera tatarica - Tartarian Honeysuckle
Shrubs with flowers in leaf axils. Not climbing or twining.
Lonicera nitida - Wilson’s Honeysuckle. This is a widely planted evergreen shrub to 1.8m. Leaves 6-16mm ovate with rounded to sub-cordate base. Flowers in pairs in leaf axils 5-7mm cream. Violet berry.
Lonicera pileata - Box-leaved Honeysuckle is also widely planted and is an evergreen shrub to 1m. Leaves 12-32 mm narrowly oblong elliptical with cuneate base. They have a raised midrib on the upper side.. Flowers in pairs in leaf axils 6-8mm cream. Violet berry.