Coral Honeysuckle

Coral honeysuckle's bark exfoliates.

Climbs by twining



Given a trellis or fence this plant makes a great hedge. It can also make a good groundcover though it will not bloom as well as it does with support.

Expect this plant to be evergreen in most of Florida but deciduous in colder areas.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

If growing on a trellis, will need to be trimmed back annually.

Flowers attract hummingbirds. 

 Birds, especially cardinals, eat the seeds - digesting the outer flesh of the fruit and aiding in distribution of the seed.

Upland hardwood forests, floodplains, secondary woods.

• Showy flowers
• Larval host for  Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) and Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) butterflies.