Virginia Creeper vs Northern Bush Honeysuckle - TreeTime.ca

Virginia Creeper vs Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Virginia Creeper

The Northern Bush Honeysuckle is a small, dense, deciduous shrub. The trumpet-like yellow flowers bloom late spring to early summer. Dark green leaves turn yellow then red in the fall. The flower nectar has a sweet honey taste that can be sucked out of the flower.

Because of its aggressive suckering habit, the Northern Bush Honeysuckle makes a great hedge, shrub border, or thicket in a woodland garden.

Virginia Creeper is a fast-growing, climbing vine. Its root-like tendrils attach themselves to any non-smooth surface, even brick, but will also grow as a ground cover.

Virginia Creeper makes a beautiful ornamental plant for your garden; its attractive foliage turns from green to deep red in the fall. Birds will love its red berries.

Northern Bush Honeysuckle Quick Facts

Virginia Creeper Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: shade, partial shade
Light: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: very fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: high


Toxicity: berries are toxic
Fall colour: red and purple
Flowers: yellow to red
Berries: small, hard, purple
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: low bush honeysuckle
Other Names: five-finger, five-leaved ivy