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| White Honeysuckle, Western White Honeysuckle, White Bush Honeysuckle, Bushy Honeysuckle Lonicera albiflora var. albiflora Caprifolaceae The Blackland Prairie, sandy soils and Cedar Brakes of Central and North-central Texas and Oklahoma, rocky slopes, limestone outcrops and cliffs of New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico are the preferred habitats of white honeysuckle. It is a trailing shrub or partly twining vine bearing smooth, rounded to oval, olive green leaves. As with L. sempervirens, the upper pair of leaves fuse to form a disc. In late spring white to yellowish-white, non-fragrant flowers form in a terminal cluster followed by translucent reddish-orange fruit in October and November. The fruit have been used as an emitic and cathartic. White honeysuckle is a good choice for hot, rocky places, but may need some additional water if grown in full sun to prevent the leaf margins from scorching. Overhead watering may cause powdery mildew. Growers have found that white honeysuckle does not thrive well in the standard nursery pine-bark soil mix. Plant Habit or Use: medium shrub
Exposure: sun Flower Color: white Blooming Period: spring Fruit Characteristics: reddish-orange berry Height: 4 to 9 feet Width: 3 to 5 feet
Plant Character: evergreen Heat Tolerance: high Water Requirements: Soil Requirements: alkaline Additional Comments:
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