Caprifoliaceae

Flowers of Lonicera sempervirens

Lonicera sempervirens

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 11, 2015

Lonicera sempervirens, or trumpet honeysuckle, is an evergreen (sempervirens = evergreen) twining woody vine species that reaches a height of 3-5 meters. Its simple leaves are paired, with the uppermost pair below the inflorescence often being perfoliate. In the spring, trumpet honeysuckle produces a bounty of bright red-orange tubular flowers borne in terminal clusters. These […]

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The bold flowers of Lonicera 'Mandarin'

Lonicera ‘Mandarin’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 15, 2005

Featured by Martha Stewart in 1999 as one of her “Plants of the Month”, ‘Mandarin’ honeysuckle was a UBC Botanical Garden Plant Introduction (introduced as part of the now-defunct Plant Introduction Scheme of the Botanical Garden aka PISBG).

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The petite flowers of Linnaea borealis

Linnaea borealis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 14, 2005

Commonly (and aptly) named twinflower, this is one of my favourite plants. For me, it provokes memories of when I started to learn about botany and plant names, as it was one of my early “discoveries” in the woods near my home.

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