General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 3 to 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Other: 1/3 inch bright orange-red, fleshy berry.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are mildly toxic

Common names
  • Swamp Honeysuckle
  • Swamp Fly Honeysuckle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lonicera oblongifolia
  • Synonym: Lonicera oblongifolia var. altissima

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