Lonicera pileata
- BOTANICAL NAME: Lonicera pileata
- PRONUNCIATION: lon-ISS-er-a pie-lee-A-ta
- COMMON NAME: Privet Honeysuckle
- FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae
- NATIVITY: China
- GROWTH HABIT: Horizontal, spreading habit with cascading branches that tend to build on each other. Evergreen.
- SIZE: 2 to 3' (height) groundcover shrub
- HARDINESS: Zone 6 - 8.
- CULTURE: Moist to dry soil in shade to part shade.
- LANDSCAPE USE: Effective ground cover. Good plant for dry shade.
- FOLIAGE: Opposite small, lustrous, dark green leaves.
- BUDS: Small and opposite. Not a significant ID characteristic.
- BARK: Light Brown.
- FLOWER:
- FRUIT: Not commonly seen.
- PROPAGATION: Cuttings
- PESTS:
- CULTIVARS:
University of Delaware Botanic Gardens • Newark, DE 19716 • Phone: 302 831-0153 •