Common honeysuckle

Common honeysuckle is a medium-sized shrub with dark green leaves and surprisingly strong wood. It grows everywhere both in European countries and in our country.

In Central Russia, this shrub is perhaps the most common type of honeysuckle. True, it is better known as “wolf berry”.

The shiny, red “wolfberries” are clearly visible against the background of green leaves. In the summer forest they immediately catch the eye. These fruits look so appetizing that you immediately want to pick them and eat them. If you bite into a berry, at first it will even seem sweet, but then you will feel a strong bitterness in your mouth. The fruits of common honeysuckle are not edible!

However, birds willingly eat these red berries and thereby scatter the seeds throughout the forest. Honeysuckle propagates not only by seeds, but also vegetatively, cuttings take root very quickly. Ease of propagation is a characteristic feature of all species of this plant, including edible varieties.

Honeysuckle has surprisingly strong, heavy and tough wood. There was a time when canes, whips, ramrods for guns were made from it, and shoemakers even made nails for their craft. However, it is still used to make all kinds of crafts and wooden souvenirs.

Using honeysuckle in landscaping

Common honeysuckle has practical application in gardening and landscape design, found mainly in hedges. It captivates, first of all, with its unpretentiousness and endurance. It requires virtually no maintenance. It grows just as well in the city as in the forest. Feels great in the sun, in the shade, in drafts, and is not susceptible to all kinds of diseases and pests.

In addition, this variety tolerates pruning painlessly, is easy to form and is not afraid of the most severe frosts. In spring, it is completely covered with pale yellow flowers, and in summer, red berries are clearly visible against the background of foliage. This shrub is a good honey plant and, despite the fact that its fruits are not edible, it is used in folk medicine.

Decoctions are used to treat all kinds of skin diseases, boils, and abscesses. They are also drunk as a laxative. Another name for common honeysuckle is forest honeysuckle. honeysuckle, description which we can end here.