
Yellow Honeysuckle (Lonicera reticulata)
5 Gallon Exposure: Full Sun-Partial ShadeSoil: Medium-Medium WetMature Height: 10 feetMature Width: 10 feet Description: Is it a shrub? A vine? This native honeysuckle can't make up its mind. Yellow blooms are produced at the end of May through the beginning of June with attractive red fruit in August. Lonicera grows in normal garden soil but requires at least 1/2 day of sun to do well. Not aggressive. Attracts: The flowers of Yellow Honeysuckle are cross-pollinated by the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Hummingbird Clearwing moths (Hemaris spp.), bumblebees, Anthophorine bees (Anthophora spp.), and other long-tongued bees. Other floral visitors include Green Metallic bees and Syrphid flies, which are less effective at cross-pollination because of their small size and mouth parts. Grape Honeysuckle, like other other native honeysuckles, is a host plant of several kinds of insects that feed on the foliage, suck plant juices, etc. These insect feeders include the the caterpillars of such mot