Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Táthfhéithleann Family: Caprifoliaceae Flowering June-September fruiting August-October. Deciduous. Native Scented yellow/white flowers, needing sunlight to flower. The buds are pink-flushed. The oval-lanceolate leaves are grey-green and stalked, the margins either entire or toothed. Twining growth habit up trees and also carpets the ground in dry woodlands. Height: To 6m. The red berries are poisonous. Common on acidic soils in woods, hedgerows, scrub. Also found growing from mountain and coastal rock-faces.

Honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, Táthfhéithleann