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Bracted Honeysuckle vs Flowering Raspberry

Lonicera involucrata

Rubus odoratus

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Bracted Honeysuckle
Flowering Raspberry

Bracted Honeysuckle is a shade loving shrub that is distinguishable from other honeysuckles by its square stem and pointed leaves. Native to most of North America, this honeysuckle is found along swamps, rivers, riparian zones and moist wooded areas.

If you have a erosion control project in mind, consider Bracted Honeysuckle.

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Bracted Honeysuckle Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: any
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: shiny, purple-black berries produced in pairs
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: purple
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high




Other Names: bearberry honeysuckle, black twinberry, twinberry
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry