Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: cohan on July 16, 2020, 09:54:26 PM
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This has popped up in a garden bed, here, maybe in another spot as well-- at first I thought it was a native Symphoricarpos, but as leaves have developed, it is very different in shape.. no flowers seen yet, it is only a couple of years old.. feel it should be familiar, but have not pegged it-- nothing commonly seen wild in my area...
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Could it be some sort of shrubby Lonicera? That would explain how it got there - seed in bird droppings.
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Could it be some sort of shrubby Lonicera? That would explain how it got there - seed in bird droppings.
Thanks, Carolyn. The bird droppings are likely for sure-- I have dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of seedlings every year by that route, but being in the country they are largely native things, this is none of the native Loniceras. I know there are occasional non-native shrubby honeysuckles planted, I should go look up the leaves..
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It looks like a Lonicera to me, too. Winter buds would be pretty distinctive.
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It looks very much like the Haskap (Lonicera caerulea) we have growing here. We actually managed to get a harvest, this year, before the shrubs were stripped of berries by Cedar Waxwings. We made sure to leave some for wildlife.
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Thanks, Rick and Gordon.. I'll have to see what flowers look like when it gets there, though I probably need to move it first.... it is not a local native species.... guess a bird brought it from somewhere farther afield..