 Best Sellers Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush-honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera - Diervilla acadiensis, Diervilla canadensis, Diervilla humilis, Diervilla longifolia, Diervilla lutea, Diervilla parvifolia, Diervilla tournefortii, Diervilla trifida, Lonicera diervilla Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Diervilla lonicera Common Name: Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush-honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle Seeds Per Pound: 1,513,333 Germination Test Type:  estimate Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3 Harvest hemisphere: Northern In Stock: 0.19 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 0 seeds) $9.95 1 oz (~ 94583 seeds) $2,000.00 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: cold stratify for 60 days. Germination: requires light for germination, sow seed 1/16" deep. |
Long description: Borealforest.org states: Low shrub, 0.5-1 m tall; branchlets green or reddish; often has 2 lines of minute hairs along length of stems; older stems brownish to grey. Leaves - simple, opposite, short-stalked, oblong-egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 5-12 cm long, 1.5-6 cm wide, dark green above, paler below; tip long, tapering, sometimes curved; base rounded or wedge-shaped, often asymmetrical; edges sharply toothed, with fringe of short hairs. Flowers - 1-6 (usually 3) in short-stalked clusters in leaf axils and at branch tips; yellow (orange or brownish red with age); narrow, funnel-shaped, 5-parted, about 2 cm long; appear in June andJuly. Fruit - slender, long-beaked, brown capsules, with bristle-like calyx lobes at end; appearing in June and early July. Habitat Widepread throughout NW Ontario; occurring in a variety of dry woods, clearings and rocky thickets across to southern Manitoba and west to east-central Saskatchewan. Physical Characteristics : A decidious Shrub growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) by 1 m (3ft 3in). It is hardy to zone 3. It is in flower from Jul to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil. Conservation Plant Characteristics
Diervilla lonicera Mill.
northern bush honeysuckle
DILO | Summary | | Duration | Perennial | | Growth Habit | Shrub | | Native Status | L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) | | Federal T/E Status | | | National Wetland Indicator | | | | | Morphology/Physiology | | Active Growth Period | Spring | | After Harvest Regrowth Rate | | | Bloat | None | | C:N Ratio | High | | Coppice Potential | No | | Fall Conspicuous | No | | Fire Resistant | No | | Flower Color | Purple | | Flower Conspicuous | Yes | | Foliage Color | Dark Green | | Foliage Porosity Summer | Dense | | Foliage Porosity Winter | Moderate | | Foliage Texture | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Color | Brown | | Fruit/Seed Conspicuous | No | | Growth Form | Multiple Stem | | Growth Rate | Slow | | Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) | 2 | | Height, Mature (feet) | 2.4 | | Known Allelopath | No | | Leaf Retention | No | | Lifespan | Long | | Low Growing Grass | No | | Nitrogen Fixation | None | | Resprout Ability | Yes | | Shape and Orientation | Erect | | Toxicity | None | | | | Growth Requirements | | Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils | Yes | | Adapted to Fine Textured Soils | No | | Adapted to Medium Textured Soils | Yes | | Anaerobic Tolerance | None | | CaCO3 Tolerance | Medium | | Cold Stratification Required | No | | Drought Tolerance | High | | Fertility Requirement | Medium | | Fire Tolerance | High | | Frost Free Days, Minimum | 135 | | Hedge Tolerance | Medium | | Moisture Use | Low | | pH, Minimum | 4.8 | | pH, Maximum | 7.0 | | Planting Density per Acre, Minimum | 1100 | | Planting Density per Acre, Maximum | 2700 | | Precipitation, Minimum | 32 | | Precipitation, Maximum | 50 | | Root Depth, Minimum (inches) | 16 | | Salinity Tolerance | None | | Shade Tolerance | Intermediate | | Temperature, Minimum (°F) | -23 | | | | Reproduction | | Bloom Period | Late Spring | | Commercial Availability | No Known Source | | Fruit/Seed Abundance | Low | | Fruit/Seed Period Begin | Summer | | Fruit/Seed Period End | Summer | | Fruit/Seed Persistence | Yes | | Propagated by Bare Root | Yes | | Propagated by Bulb | No | | Propagated by Container | Yes | | Propagated by Corm | No | | Propagated by Cuttings | No | | Propagated by Seed | Yes | | Propagated by Sod | No | | Propagated by Sprigs | No | | Propagated by Tubers | No | | Seed per Pound | | | Seed Spread Rate | Slow | | Seedling Vigor | Medium | | Small Grain | No | | Vegetative Spread Rate | None | | | | Suitability/Use | | Berry/Nut/Seed Product | No | | Christmas Tree Product | No | | Fodder Product | No | | Fuelwood Product | | | Lumber Product | No | | Naval Store Product | No | | Nursery Stock Product | Yes | | Palatable Browse Animal | Medium | | Palatable Graze Animal | Low | | Palatable Human | No | | Post Product | No | | Protein Potential | | | Pulpwood Product | No | | Veneer Product | No | | |
Comments: Green leaves; red new stems; suckers; flowers and fruit inconspicuous; grows on poor soil; native to eastern North America |
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