Seasonal Wild Flowers

Winter Honeysuckle

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.

Shrub in winter

Individual flower

A different view

Leaves in April

Berries in April