Winter Honeysuckle
Shrub in winter
Individual flower
A different view
Leaves in April
Berries in April
Lonicera fragrantissima x standishii = L. x purpusii
Caprifoliaceae
Wintersweet, January Jasmine, Sweet Breath of Spring
November to March
It is grown in gardens throughout the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Winter Honeysuckle
It is grown in gardens, parks and public amenity areas and may
occur as a throw out close to habitation.
It is classified as an invasive weed in the US
It has attractive, white, sweetly scented flowers.
It grows in my garden and killed an adjacent pear tree, caused
die back in a close Buddleja and inhibited a neighbouring arch-
forming Wilson's Honeysuckle. I suspected allelopathetic effects
and, indeed, the USDA states that Winter Honeysuckle produces
allelopathetic chemicals which inhibit other plants.
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