Lonicera morrowii
| Lonicera morrowii | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 3 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 7' |
| Width: | 10' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Early Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Lonicera morrowii
Propagation: Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. Stored seed requires 2 months cold stratification[1] and should be sown as soon as possible in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 7 - 10cm with or without a heel, July/August in a frame. Good percentage[2].
Cuttings of mature wood of the current season's growth, 15 - 20cm with or without a heel, November in a cold frame. Good percentage[2].
Layering in autumn[3].
Cultivation: An easily grown plant, succeeding in any fertile soil, and preferring a good moist soil in a sunny position[4][3].
There is at least one named variety, developed for its ornamental value. 'Guldperle' is from Denmark and has yellow berries[5].
Range: E. Asia - Japan.
Habitat: Open places in meadows, river sides, sandy coasts, and open deciduous forests of lowlands and montane regions[6].
Edibility: Fruit - raw[7][8]. There is a question mark as to whether this fruit might be poisonous, or perhaps cathartic and emetic[7][8]. The fruit is about 7mm in diameter[3].
Medicinal: The fruit is cathartic and emetic[8].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Known Hazards: The fruit is poisonous[6].
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References
- ↑ Dirr, Michael and Charles Heuser. The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation. Athens Ga. Varsity Press, 1987.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sheat, Wilfrid. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers. St Martin, 1948.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Bean, William. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Murray, 1981.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos. Murray, 1992.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Flora of Japan.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Read, Bernard. Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Ts'ao. Taipei Southern Materials Centre, 1977.