trumpet honeysuckle
noun
: a North American honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) with whorls of large coral-red or orange flowers having a narrow trumpet-shaped corolla
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The bright red tubular flowers of trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) signal an open buffet to our hummingbird friends.
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Terri Robertson, Country Living, 24 June 2022
For a similar looking and smelling vine, go with trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens).
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
Later in the spring and into summer, orange trumpet honeysuckle hangs from the trees overhead, and wild Lily of the Valley and coral root orchids blossom underfoot.
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Terri Robertson, Country Living, 24 June 2022
For a similar looking and smelling vine, go with trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens).
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
Later in the spring and into summer, orange trumpet honeysuckle hangs from the trees overhead, and wild Lily of the Valley and coral root orchids blossom underfoot.
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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“Trumpet honeysuckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet%20honeysuckle. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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