General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other: The berries are mildly toxic
Pollinators: Various insects

Common names
  • Boxleaf Honeysuckle
  • Compact Box Honeysuckle
  • Box Honeysuckle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lonicera pileata var. yunnanensis
  • Synonym: Lonicera nitida
Also sold as:
  • MaigrĂ¼n
  • Maigruen
  • May Green
  • Maygreen

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