Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum

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Alternative names
Woodbind
Description

A robust, twining climber to 6 metres. Flowers are creamy white, changing to yellowish and sometimes tinged with purple 35 to 55 mm long, two lipped, very fragrant borne in terminal clusters. Berries globose, red when ripe.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Woodland scrub and hedgerows.

When to see it

June to October.

Life History

Deciduous.

UK Status

Common throughout most of Britain.

VC55 Status

Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 359 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Melinda Bell
    Netherseal,footpath by Nether Wood
    04 July 2020
  • stepgray4
    Wymeswold
    25 September 2021
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    14 May 2014
  • Melinda Bell
    Whitwick,Coalville Meadow SSSI
    02 August 2020
  • David Nicholls
    Altar Stones
    29 September 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Eastwell, Salt Rd
    10 July 2012
  • egaten
    THURLASTON, DESFORD ROAD (NORTH VERGE)
    22 June 2021
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    15 August 2018
  • AJ Cann
    Charnwood Lodge
    23 December 2015

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species data profile ?

Species profile

Common names
Honeysuckle
Species group:
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Dipsacales
Family:
Caprifoliaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
336
First record:
01/01/1979 (Patricia Evans)
Last record:
06/09/2025 (lemmon, roy)

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% of records within its species group

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  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
    fruits
  • Graham Calow
    Near High Cross
    18 August 2016
    fruits
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    23 June 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    11 June 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    11 June 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    12 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    12 June 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    15 June 2006
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    30 June 2011
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    23 June 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    23 June 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Harby canal side
    28 July 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Eastwell, Salt Rd
    10 July 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Eastwell, Salt Rd
    10 July 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby
    24 June 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    11 June 2013
  • Ruth Dring
    Broughton Astley
    27 August 2012
Photo of the association

Chromatomyia aprilina

The larvae of Chromatomyia aprilina mine the leaves of Honeysuckle, forming a long corridors which radiate from the midrib on the upper leaf surface. Occasionally the mine is not associated with the midrib.  Frass occurs in long strips along the edges of the corridor.