Northern Bush Honeysuckle vs Smooth Rose - TreeTime.ca

Northern Bush Honeysuckle vs Smooth Rose

Diervilla lonicera

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Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Smooth Rose

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.

The Smooth Rose is a hardy shrub and is nearly-thornless. This plant is a vigorous grower that is covered in the summer with fragrant, pale pink and white flowers. In the fall, this shrub produces bright-red rose hips that are high in Vitamin C making them great for syrups and preserves.

The Smooth Rose, also known as the Meadow Rose or Prairie Rose, is great for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden.

Northern Bush Honeysuckle Quick Facts

Smooth Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 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: long
Suckering: high
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


Bark: thin smooth
Flowers: yellow to red
Flowers: pink and white
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Native to: SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NT
Other Names: low bush honeysuckle
Other Names: meadow rose, wild rose