Overview
This plant has pure white flowers and is otherwise similar to the species.
Interesting Facts
Description
Physical Description
ID Features: Blue-green foliage. White, pink or rose-red flowers in May. Red berries in the summer. Twiggy and dense. Buds usually superposed. Pith is white.
Habit: A multi-stemmed, dense and twiggy rounded deciduous shrub . Branching is upright and then overarching toward the tips .
Flowers: Small white blossoms . 0.75" long. Borne in pairs. Usually quite numerous , but not overwhelmingly showy. Bloom time is May.
Seeds: Fruit: Red berries . Fruit colors in July and August. Berries are 0.25" in diameter. When produced in large quantities they can be relatively showy.
Foliage: Summer foliage: Opposite, simple leaves. Ovate shape . 1.5" to 2.5" long. 1" to 1.5" wide. Leaf color is blue-green. Leafs out early in the spring . • Fall foliage: No fall color.
Landscaping
Landscape Uses: Border . Mass planting . Difficult growing sites. Barrier . An old-fashioned plant. • Liabilities: Not as ornamental as other shrubs that would fill the same niche. Weedy and tends to self sow and become invasive. Russian aphid is a significant pest. Need to remove dead twigs periodically.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Full sun is best. Needs to have dead twigs pruned out periodically. Relatively free of pests. Easy to grow. Adaptable to most soils.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Dipsacales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Tribe:
Lonicereae
()
- Genus:
Lonicera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
tatarica
- L.
- Cultivar:
Alba
- Botanical name: - Lonicera tatarica 'Alba' L.
- Cultivar:
Alba
- Specific epithet:
tatarica
- L.
- Genus:
Lonicera
(
- Tribe:
Lonicereae
(
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
(
- Order:
Dipsacales
(
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lonicera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 116 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
L. acuminata (Honeysuckle) · L. albiflora (Western White Honeysuckle) · L. arizonica (Arizona Honeysuckle) · L. bella (Bell's Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea (Sweetberry Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea var. cauriana (Bluefly Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea var. edulis (Bearberry Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea var. edulis 'Kamchatka' (Bearberry Honeysuckle) · L. canadensis (American Fly Honeysuckle) · L. caprifolium (Honeysuckle) · L. chrysantha (Honeysuckle) · L. ciliosa (Orange Honeysuckle) · L. conjugialis (Double Honeysuckle) · L. dioica (Limber Honeysuckle) · L. dioica var. dioica (Limber Honeysuckle) · L. etrusca (Etruscan Honeysuckle) · L. ferdinandii (Honeysuckle) · L. flava (Yellow Honeysuckle) · L. fragrantissima (January Jasmine) · L. gracilipes (Honeysuckle) · L. henryi (Henrys Honeysuckle Lonicera Henryi) · L. henryi 'Copper Beauty' (Henrys Honeysuckle) · L. hildebrandiana (Giant Burmese Honeysuckle) · L. hirsuta (Hairy Honeysuckle) · L. hispidula (California Honeysuckle) · L. hispidula var. hispidula (Pink Honeysuckle) · L. hispidula var. vacillans (Pink Honeysuckle) · L. interrupta (Chaparral Honeysuckle) · L. involucrata (Bearberry Honeysuckle) · L. involucrata var. involucrata (Twinberry Honeysuckle) · L. involucrata var. ledebourii (Twinberry Honeysuckle) · L. japonica (Chinese Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Aureoreticulata' (Chinese Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Halliana' (Hall's Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Hall's Prolific' (Hall's Prolific Japanese Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Purpurea' (Purple-Leaf Japanese Honeysuckle) · L. kamsachatica 'Blue Velvet' (Honeysuckle) · L. koehneana (Honeysuckle) · L. korolkowii (Blueleaf Honeysuckle) · L. maackii (Amur Honeysuckle) · L. maximowiczii var. sachalinensis (Sakhalin Honeysuckle) · L. minutiflora (Smallflower Honeysuckle) · L. morrowii (Morrow Honeysuckle) · L. nitida (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Baggesen's Gold' (Baggesen's Gold Boxleaf Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Ernest Wilson' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Lemon Beauty' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Maigrun' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Red Tips' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Silver Beauty' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. notha (Honeysuckle) · L. oblongifolia (Swamp Fly Honeysuckle) · L. oblongifolia var. oblongifolia (Swamp Fly Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum (European Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Belgica' (Dutch Woodbine) · L. periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Harlequin' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'La Gasnérie' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Manul' (Berries Jubilee Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Monul' (Berries Jubilee ® Woodbine Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Serotina' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Winchester' (Honeysuckle) · L. pileata (Privet Honeysuckle) · L. praeflorens (Honeysuckle) · L. reticulata (Grape Honeysuckle) · L. ruprechtiana (Manchurian Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Sulphurea' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens var. hirsutula (Trumpet Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens var. sempervirens (Trumpet Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Alabama Crimson' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Blanche Sandman' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Cedar Lane' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'John Clayton' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Magnifica' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Major Wheeler' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Manifich' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. standishii (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata (Southern Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata ata (Santa Barbara Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata var. denudata (Santa Barbara Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata var. johnstonii (Johnston's Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata var. subspicata (Southern Honeysuckle) · L. syringantha (Lilac-Flowering Honeysuckle) · L. syringantha var. wolfii (Lilac-Flowering Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica 'Arnold Red' (Arnold Red Tatarian Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica 'Arnold's Red' (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica 'Honeyrose' (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. tragophylla (Chinese Honeysuckle) · L. utahensis (Utah Honeysuckle) · L. villosa (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. calvescens (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. fulleri (Fuller's Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. solonis (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. tonsa (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. villosa (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. xylosteoides (Fly Honeysuckle) · L. xylosteum (Dwarf Honeysuckle) · L. xylosteum L. 'Emerald Mound' (European Fly Honeysuckle)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 6, 2006.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 712393
