See also Honeysuckle, aka 'woodbine', genus Lonicera; French honeysuckle, Sulla coronaria; and Wild honeysuckle, Kalmia procumbens, formerly Azalea.

☙ Coral Honeysuckle

Fruits poisonous if consumed; may cause irritation with skin contact.

Lonicera sempervirens L. (1753). WFO EWW SJH

Period English: coral honeysuckle; trumpet honeysuckle. S&K

Sentiments:

🏶︎ The colour of my fate ▲︎◆︎ (1832-1884); EWW GAL JS KG

🏶︎ Fidelity ▲︎ (1832-1845); SJH TTA S&K See also Honeysuckle.

🏶︎ Gayety ▲︎ (1834); O&B

🏶︎ I have dreamed of thee ▲︎ (1845). S&K

Region:

Native: Eastern North America - following a western border of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan; then a northern border of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine; the eastern border being Maine down the east coast to Texas again, encompassing Florida but excluding the Bahamas and gulf islands.WFO

Introduced: Ontario, Québec, Illinois.WFO

Seasonality: Evergreen perennial flowering spring through to autumn, fruit following in late autumn.

Period Colours:

The Wild Honeysuckle is a splendid N. American genus. Flowers white, red, scarlet and yellow.
 — Hale, 1832 (73).

Emblems: TBC.

Cultural and Religious: TBC.

Cited Verse: TBC.

Other Verse: TBC.