Noteworthy Characteristics Lonicera standishii, sometimes commonly called Standish honeysuckle or fragrant honeysuckle, is native to China. It is a late winter-blooming deciduous shrub (semi-evergreen in warm winter climates) that typically grows to 6-8’ tall and features fragrant white flowers, red berries, ovate-oblong to lanceolate green leaves and exfoliating bark. It was originally introduced into the U.S. As an ornamental shrub, but has escaped gardens and naturalized over time in a number of states including the general area of New York to Virginia to Illinois. Fragrant, tubular, creamy-white flowers (to 1” long) bloom in pairs in late winter to early spring (February-March in St. Flowers are sometimes lightly tinged with pink. Flowers are followed by juicy red berries.

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Opposite leaves (to 4” long) are finely pubescent. Birds and small mammals love the fruit and become the primary agents for unwanted spread of this shrub into adjacent areas. Once spread into the wild, it can form dense, shrubby, understory colonies that eliminate many native woody and herbaceous plants. Genus name honors Adam Lonitzer (1528-1586), German botanist, the author of an herbal ( Kreuterbuch) many times reprinted between 1557 and 1783. Specific epithet honors English nurseryman John Standish (c.