Search results
Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatarian honeysuckle. [2] Native to Eurasia, the plant is one of several exotic bush honeysuckles present in North America, [ 3 ] being considered an invasive species there.
Photos and information about Minnesota flora - Tatarian Honeysuckle: shrub to 10 feet, hairless opposite leaves; long-stalked pairs of irregular, 2-lipped pink to white flowers in leaf axils, ¾ to 1-inch long.
It also hybridizes with another invasive honeysuckle, Lonicera morrowii. This species is a shrub, with dense tangles of leggy branches with hollow twigs. Copious numbers of pink, strongly asymmetrical flowers are borne in pairs in the axils of the leaves; they are pollinated by bees.
The Pink Tatarian Honeysuckle Shrubs will delight your senses in late spring to early summer with its tiny pink flowers which will turn to red berries for feeding wildlife over winter. Plant your Honeysuckle bushes, lonicera tatarica L. in full sun to part shade for a fast growing hedge.
The pink flowers, sometimes white, are nice for about 10 days in May. The red berries in late summer don't look very pretty and are eaten by some birds, but are not that great for the diet of American birds.
Tatarian honeysuckle. A vigorous, upright, deciduous shrub about 3-4m tall, with dark green leaves, paler beneath to 6cm long. Masses of tubular 5-lobed pink flowers are produced along the stems in late spring and early summer, followed by red berries
Look-a-likes: The blue-green hairless spade-shaped leaves, darker pink flowers, and longer stemmed fruits are the best way to differentiate Tatarian honeysuckle from other invasive honeysuckles L. maackii and L. x bella (Hilty 2017).
