Carried by 10 nurseries
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Chaparral Honeysuckle is a hardy shrub with a woody trunk which sends up spike flower clusters of yellow honeysuckle flowers. Each flower is about a centimeter long, with prominent stamens extending from the rolled-back lips. The fruits are red, spherical, and shiny. It is quite drought-tolerant, being native to the hot, dry chaparral ecosystems of California and Arizona. It is attractive to hummingbirds. Has an edible, but very bitter berries.
Shrub, Vine
Cream
Spring, Summer
Deer resistant
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Low
For propagating by seed: 2.5-3 mos. stratification.
2, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Dry slopes and ridges
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 23 likely
Geranium Plume Moth
Amblyptilia pica
Western Avocado Leafroller Moth
Amorbia cuneana
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana