Mountain Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla rivularis
Caprifoliaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
SEUSA
Location
Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection
Source of plant
Lazy S's Farm Nursery
Description
To 1m. Branches terete, densly pubescent. Leaves to 7cm, sub-sessile, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, pubescent throughout, coloring well in autumn. Flowers lemon-yellow, often becoming red-yellow, in crowded cymes forming terminal panicles; corolla lobes equalling corolla tube. Capsules 6.5mm. SE US.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3