Limber Honeysuckle - Lonicera dioica

Lonicera dioica, also known as Red, Glaucous, or Limber Honeysuckle, is a perennial vining shrub native to Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Limber Honeysuckle can be 3 to 10 feet high, depending on conditions. It favors moist woodlands, but can be found in rocky meadows, rock outcrops, bogs, and sandy areas with shade or partial shade. If soils are moist and rich, it can even thrive in full sun.
 
Limber Honeysuckle likes to twine (limberly) around shrubs or fallen trees, but will sprawl when there is no support, rooting where it touches the ground. It can be trained on a structure to make a showy feature. Pruning can direct growth, control height, and promote blooms. Blooms are tubular in shades of red, sometimes orange or yellow, and beloved by hummingbirds. Following the May/June flowers are bright red berries that call even more birds to the yard.
 
On the insect front, Limber Honeysuckle hosts some showy and interesting moths, including Clearwings and Sphinx months such as Snowberry Clearwing, Laurel Sphinx, Poecila Sphinx, Apple Sphinx, Brown-lined Sallow, and Hummingbird Clearwing. Other moths, as well as bumblebees, join hummingbirds at this plant for nectar and pollen.