When does honeysuckle bloom and how much does it cost?

Since ancient times, honeysuckle has been praised as a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. Besides being used as medicine, it also has ornamental value: it can be used as a low green hedge, and can also be made into flower corridors, flower trellises, flower fences, flower pillars, and used to twine around rockery stones, etc. It has a fragrant scent. So, when does honeysuckle bloom? How much does it cost?

I. A brief introduction to honeysuckle!

1. What else is honeysuckle called?

Honeysuckle is also called Japanese honeysuckle, honeysuckle vine, silver vine, two-color flower vine, two-treasure vine, right-turning vine, Zifeng vine, mandarin duck vine, two-flower, twin flower, two-treasure flower, twin-treasure flower, etc. It is a perennial semi-evergreen twining and creeping shrub of the Caprifoliaceae family. Its flowers are initially white and gradually turn yellow.

2. Where is honeysuckle produced?

Honeysuckle is distributed in every province of China, with planting areas mainly concentrated in Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places. Among them, Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province is the main producing area, with the largest planting area, and mostly wild varieties; next is Fengqiu County, Xinxiang City, Henan Province, where the varieties are excellent, the flower buds are thick and plump, the color is bright and the quality is good, the fragrance is rich, and the medicinal effect is high.

II. When does honeysuckle bloom?

1. Honeysuckle generally blooms from April to June. The flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils. The flower buds are rod-shaped, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and yellow-white or pale green in color. The calyx is small and yellow-green in color, and the open flowers are tubular and yellow in color.

2. Besides blooming in summer, honeysuckle also often blooms in autumn. When blooming, there are two flowers on one stem base, with two stamens, shaped as if male and female accompany each other, and also like mandarin ducks dancing in pairs. The flower color is initially white and gradually turns yellow, with yellow and white setting each other off, and it also has a faint fragrance.

3. For commercial honeysuckle, flower buds are preferred. Those mixed with open flowers or stem and leaf impurities are of inferior quality. Flower buds that are plump, blue-white in color, and clean when held are considered good; they are generally harvested in May and June, without young buds and without leaves, and after harvesting are placed in baskets woven from strips or bamboo.

4. The best time to harvest honeysuckle is in the early morning and forenoon. The flower buds harvested at this time have sufficient nutrients, a strong scent, and good color. In the afternoon, harvesting should be finished before the sun sets, so as to avoid the mature flower buds opening after sunset and affecting quality.

5. After harvesting, the flower buds of honeysuckle can be spread out on a reed mat to dry in the sun or air-dried in a ventilated place. It is best to dry them within 1-2 days, and avoid exposing them to the blazing sun; do not turn them while drying, otherwise the flower color will turn black and the quality will be reduced; on cloudy days they can be dried over a low fire, but the flower color will be darker, which is not as good as sun-drying or air-drying.

III. How much is the price of honeysuckle?

The price of honeysuckle varies with different grades and different places of origin. Generally speaking, the better the grade, the better the medicinal effect, and the better the medicinal effect, the higher the value. Market prices are generally set according to grade. According to 8u58 Medicinal Materials Network and Chinese Medicinal Materials World Network, the prices of honeysuckle are as follows:

1. 8u58 Medicinal Materials Network: the price of blue flower (Shandong) is 224 yuan/kg, white flower without stems (Shandong) 216 yuan/kg, white flower with 18% stems (Shandong) 190 yuan/kg, white flower all flower buds (Shandong) 191 yuan/kg, blue flower (Hebei) 225 yuan/kg, general flower (Hebei) 168 yuan/kg, blue flower (Henan) 225 yuan/kg, general flower (Henan) 184 yuan/kg.

2. Chinese Medicinal Materials World Network: at the Hehuachi medicinal market, general flower (Henan) 182 yuan/kg, blue flower (Henan) 225 yuan/kg, general flower (Hebei) 165 yuan/kg, blue flower (Hebei) 225 yuan/kg, white flower all flower buds (Shandong) 192 yuan/kg, white flower without stems (Shandong) 210 yuan/kg, blue flower (Shandong) 230 yuan/kg.

The above is an introduction to the blooming time and price of honeysuckle. We hope it is useful to everyone.