What are the latest variety classifications of honeysuckle?
The proper name of honeysuckle is Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), and since ancient times it has been praised as an excellent medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying, with high medicinal value. Besides this, it is also a good ornamental plant. So do you know what varieties it has? Follow the editor of Qinnong Network below to take a look at the variety classification of honeysuckle.
What variety classifications does honeysuckle have
There are many varieties of honeysuckle. We always see that after how many years of cultivation, this or that company has finally bred some model of honeysuckle, some No. this, some type that. In fact, these are all just to attract attention. The real honeysuckle has only the following varieties:
1. Wild honeysuckle
Wild honeysuckle is a deciduous vine, with the proper name South China honeysuckle (Lonicera confusa). It mostly grows by streams, in open sparse forests, or in shrub thickets. It is produced in southern regions such as Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, and Hubei, and is also distributed in Taiwan, China and Guangdong and Guangxi.
2. Damaohua
The name sounds rustic and unremarkable, but it is the oldest variety of honeysuckle. In Pingyi County, Shandong, known as the hometown of honeysuckle, 60% of the planting area is Damaohua. After hundreds of years of selection and cultivation, it is extremely tolerant of drought and poor soil, suitable for planting in barren mountainous areas, and its flower yield is also extremely high, far exceeding the yield of other varieties.
3. Tree-form honeysuckle
Also known as four-season honeysuckle, it is a woody plant. It is a variety selected and improved from Damaohua, and has developed well in Shandong, Henan, and Hebei.
4. Lazy Man honeysuckle
Lazy Man honeysuckle is also a woody plant, obtained by grafting tree-form honeysuckle. The specific location and time cannot be verified.
5. Red honeysuckle
Red honeysuckle, as the name suggests, has flowers different from the flower color of other honeysuckles. Its flower color is red and white, very special. It is a mutant of tree-form honeysuckle.
The above is an introduction to honeysuckle varieties. Honeysuckle varieties are just the above several. Other so-called models are mostly varieties obtained by grafting them. The above content is brought to you by the editor of Qinnong Network. To learn more related content, please follow us.