Lonicera hispidula

California Honeysuckle.

Size	Quantity	Price
Santa Margarita, CA
One Gallon	11	$ 9.99
Plants in production
One Gallon	145	--

A climbing deciduous shrub with large pink flowers. Native throughout much of California and up into Washington. California honeysuckle can handle full sun to shade. It's drought tolerant. Use as a bank filler or groundcover. It has an edible berry but bitter. It seems to be deer proof. Hummingbird flower. It is hardy to about -10 to -15 degrees F. Its red berries are relished by the birds. Flowers yellowish at base, pinkish, in upper portion, grows in oak woodland, good in clay soil, with Symphoricarpos mollis, Salvia spathacea, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Quercus agrifolia (dominant), Honeysuckles? Click here for more.

Lonicera hispidula tolerates clay and seasonal flooding.
Lonicera hispidula is great for a bird garden.
Lonicera hispidula's foliage type is deciduous.
Lonicera hispidula's flower color is pink.
Lonicera hispidula's fruit is edible.

Communities for Lonicera hispidula:Coastal Sage Scrub, Douglas Fir Forest, Mixed-evergreen Forest, Redwood Forest and Southern Oak Woodland.

ph:	5.00 to 7.00
usda:	6 to 10
height[m]:	1.00 to 6.00
width[m]:	0.10 to 0.30
rainfall[cm]:	74.00 to 459.00

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Lonicera hispidula is a pink flowered honeysuckle.

This photo appears as three intersecting flowering stems of Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, in the mixed evergreen forest of the central coast ranges of California.

Lonicera hispidula is a pink flowered honeysuckle.

Lonicera hispidula

Lonicera hispidula, California honeysuckle

In a shady area under a Coast Live Oak with, Poison Oak, and ferns, Lonicera hispidula

Here is an older photo of the flowers of Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, with the bright yellow contrasting stamens.

Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle flower

Here is another photo of Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, in the California mixed evergreen forest, but with its clusters of red fruits.

Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, growing under Monterey pines near Monterey.

The clustered fruits of Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, are transluscent red, but taste very sour and bitter.

Lonicera hispidula, California Honeysuckle, with red berries in the fall.

Lonicera hispidula, Chaparral Honeysuckle, is native in coastal California, seen here ten feet up in a bush.

Lonicera hispidula, Chaparral Honeysuckle, ten feet up in a bush

A short video of Lonicera hispidula California Honeysuckle.

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