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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 8 feet (2.5m)
Plant Spread: 8 feet (2.5m)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Himalayan Honeysuckle
  • Elisha's Tears
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Leycesteria formosa
  • Synonym: Leycesteria formosa var. stenosepala

Photo Gallery
Location: Cramlington, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-08-11
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-18

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-10-10
Location: Burgers Zoo
Date: 2017-11-15

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2017-11-09
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2017-11-09
Location: Garden
Date: 2016-09
Blackbirds love the fruits
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-10-10
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-08-15
first bloom on a second-year sapling
Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-18
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2017-11-09

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-07-06
New Foliage Coloring....
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-07
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-07
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-08-05
First buds, just starting...
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-22
Location: my brother's garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-22
Flowers and seed pods

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: 2017-10-19
Many seeds in each berry.

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-07
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-07
Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-07-07

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