WorldFloraDB - Lonicera villosa

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1.5 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is thin and peels off in strips. The leaves ate simple and opposite. They are narrowly oval and 6.5 cm long. The fruit are blue-black when ripe.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a cool temperate plant. It grows in swamps and wetlands. It suits hardiness zone 3.

More

Peaty or rocky barrens, bogs and bushy places, especially on limestone.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

CAUTION: It is bitter. Fruit are cooked and eaten and used for jams and jellies.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	180
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-