honey suckle this time of year ?

[mushroom fairy]

hi i may be wrong but does wild honey suckle grow and flower this time of year ? on my walks i have noticed what looks like wild honey suckle just starting to flower amongst some bushes. i have never seen it grow this time of year be for .or have i got it totally wrong and it is a garden species. it doesn't look so. has sort of wild honey suckle look about it . i'm just intrested as to wehter any one thinks it's an odd time of year to bloom.

[htcdude]

Originally Posted by mushroom fairy

hi i may be wrong but does wild honey suckle grow and flower this time of year ? on my walks i have noticed what looks like wild honey suckle just starting to flower amongst some bushes. i have never seen it grow this time of year be for .or have i got it totally wrong and it is a garden species. it doesn't look so. has sort of wild honey suckle look about it . i'm just intrested as to wehter any one thinks it's an odd time of year to bloom.

I was out the other day and saw this:




which I have been told is Japanese Honeysuckle. So looks like it does flower this time of year

Nige

[Dorts]

Yes, Honeysuckle often flowers has a second flowering, as do a number of plants. I also have noticed it's particularly so this year.

Our Magnolia is also covered in flowers at the moment.
Dorts.

[aeshna5]

I've got cultivars of the native Lonicera periclymenum + also L. japonica flowering in the garden at the moment.

[Hedera]

My "wild" one is flowering again too, a couple of bumblebees working on it now.

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by Dorts

Our Magnolia is also covered in flowers at the moment.
Dorts.

Cor - How common is that Dorts?

Plenty of honeysuckle out on my local heaths and scrub at the moment. I had always assumed it was late flowering, hadn't realized it was second flowering.

[mushroom fairy]

[quote=htcdude;819526]I was out the other day and saw this:




which I have been told is Japanese Honeysuckle. So looks like it does flower this time of year

that is exactly the flower type i saw. thank you every one for the replies and pics much appreciated. and something new i have learned after all these years ..

[Madcaravanner]

It's not just honeysuckle but I am noticing lots of plants going for second flowering including Blackberries which I haven't seen do this for years