General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: to 20 feet (6 m)
Plant Spread: 3 - 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Blue-green
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Other: Orange-red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are mildly toxic
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Brown's Honeysuckle
  • Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lonicera ciliosa
  • Synonym: Lonicera brownii

Photo Gallery
Location: At a nursery
Date: Apr 18, 2008 12:56 PM
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2017-09-13
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2017-09-13
Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada
Date: 2013-05-30
Uploaded by blue23rose
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-04-29
Dropmore on the right, Major Wheeler on the Left.
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-22
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Waukesha, Wi
Date: 2011-06-02

Photo courtesy of Brushwood Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Gardens
Date: Summer 2009
Close Up View
Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada
Date: 2013-06-04

Photo courtesy of Brushwood Nursery
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: At a nursery
Date: Apr 18, 2008 12:58 PM
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 4, 2013 5:13 PM concerning plant:
    Dropmore Scarlet is one of the trumpet shaped Honeysuckles. Like all trumpet Honeysuckles, it is very attractive to hummingbirds although the flowers have no scent.

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