Wilson's Honeysuckle
Wilson's Honeysuckle with flowers
Newly opened flower - stigma and anthers
Side view - stigma protruding
Stigma and anthers
Stigma with aged anthers
Berries in September
Lonicera nitida
Caprifoliaceae
May
It is found everywhere as a hedge and topiary shrub.
The naturalised escape is found throughout the
southern areas, particularly in the Southwest. It is also
found in Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshitre and parts
of the Northwest.
It is scattered elsewhere.
See the BSBI distribution map for Wilson's Honeysuckle
It is a neophyte, which was introduced from China for
hedging in the early 1900s and again in the late 1930s.
It is the later introduction which flowers and is the one
which has been spreading in the wild since the mid
1950s.
It has become naturalised and persistent in hedges,
waste land, scrub and woodland.
Wilson's Honeysuckle is an evergreen shrub growing
up to 3m.
The flowers are creamy and up to 5mm.
Anthers and stigmas both protrude, as in other
honeysuckles.
Berries are bright purple and are only formed in
warm summers.
Leaves are dark green with rounded leaves up to
1cm long.
Leaves and flowers are smaller than in the similar
Box-leaved Honeysuckle (April- Box-leaved Honeysuckle),
which is also used for hedges and topiary.
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Wilson's Honeysuckle with flowers
Newly opened flower - stigma and anthers
Side view - stigma protruding
Stigma and anthers
Stigma with aged anthers
Berries in September
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