Coral Honeysuckle
Caprifoliaceae
Plant Specifics
AMAZING pollinator plant and vigorous, drought tolerant climber!
Flowers attract hummingbirds.
Birds, especially cardinals, eat the seeds - digesting the outer flesh of the fruit and aiding in distribution of the seed.
Larval host for Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) and Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) butterflies.
| Size: | Stems 12.0 to 15.0 ft long | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | Coral (pinkish with orange tints) | |
| Fruit Color: | Red,green | |
| Phenology: | Evergreen, may be deciduous in parts of northern FL. Blooms spring to fall. | |
| Habitats: | Upland hardwood forests, floodplains, secondary woods. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: |
Given a trellis or fence this plant makes a great hedge. It can also make a good groundcover though it will not bloom as well as it does with support. Expect this plant to be evergreen in most of Florida but deciduous in colder areas. |
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| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade |
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. |
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray |
| Soil/Substrate: |
Clay, Loam, Sand
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Customer Reviews
Despite being planted in the middle of a heatwave, the plant is doing extremely well! I honestly didn’t expect it to make it, or at least without losing much foliage. Only the flowers fell off, and now it is climbing a shepard hook in my garden.
