Sunday, April 26, 2009

Honeysuckle?

What's the difference between the white and yellow flowers?





Is it really safe to eat? I mean suck the nectar out of?

Honeysuckle?
There is a range of Honeysuckle, or Lonicera, varieties, with different colours and scents. With many of them, the colour changes over time, as the flowers age. The variety Lonicera japonica has pale flowers, turning to yellowy as they age - sounds like the type that you refer to.





Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica' has red on the outside, and lemony yellow on the inside, for example, a bit different to your white/yellow type.





I don't know how safe all of the different honeysuckles are to eat, so can't recommend that you do it, though we often used to suck the nectar from the flowers, when we were kids.





Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob

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