Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla Lonicera) – 1 Gallon Pot

Height at Maturity:  3-4′

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Maintenance / Care:  Low

Though its flowers resemble those of honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera, is not a true honeysuckle. It is a small, mounding North American native shrub with attractive, glossy green foliage that becomes orange-red on plants that receive more sunlight. With the arrival of cooler temperatures in fall the lanceolate leaves turn dramatic red and/or purple shades. In late spring through early summer, abundant clusters of bright yellow, honeysuckle-like tubular flowers that turn red with age appear attracting butterflies, beneficial pollinators and hummingbirds. In order to taste the sweet nectar, the tubular flower must be suckled, hence the name honeysuckle. Though flowers on the plant are “perfect,” meaning they have both female and male flowers, if two or more plants are planted near each other clusters of bright red berries the birds will enjoy produced following the flowers in fall. At 3 to 4 feet tall and equally as wide, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is an excellent choice for groupings, hedges or in flowering shrub borders.

Bush Honeysuckle is a host plant for the Laurel Sphinx moth and the Snowberry Clearwing.

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