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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Plants like trumpet honeysuckle, bee balm and hummingbird sage provide much more nectar than hybrids and exotics.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
Excellent choices include: climbing roses bougainvilleas trumpet honeysuckles climbing hydrangeas
Carolina jessamine
mandevillas
crossvines
American wisterias
star jasmines (some plants may need to be tied to the posts or trellises to scale the structure).
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
Examples include wisteria, trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), and Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens).
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Plants like trumpet honeysuckle, bee balm, and hummingbird sage provide much more nectar than hybrids and exotics.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Mar. 2024
The bright red tubular flowers of trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) signal an open buffet to our hummingbird friends.
—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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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
Excellent choices include: climbing roses bougainvilleas trumpet honeysuckles climbing hydrangeas
Carolina jessamine
mandevillas
crossvines
American wisterias
star jasmines (some plants may need to be tied to the posts or trellises to scale the structure).
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
Examples include wisteria, trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), and Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens).
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Plants like trumpet honeysuckle, bee balm, and hummingbird sage provide much more nectar than hybrids and exotics.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Mar. 2024
The bright red tubular flowers of trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) signal an open buffet to our hummingbird friends.
—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 26 Oct. 2025.
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