Lonicera flowers

I did a first trim on my lonicera today and found it covered in flowers. This is the first time i have seen them so i thought. " have any of you seen flowers on this species before" ?.





Acording to the books, these can turn into small purple berries.

The flowers are why its called "Honeysuckle".

Libby

bumblebee wrote:The flowers are why its called "Honeysuckle".

Libby

Libby, i know "honeysuckle" flower but "nitadi" are normally known as non flowering. Do you have any that have flowered ?.

Oh. I didn't know that there are non-flowering lonicera. My bad. I've been looking for a good honeysuckle for a little while. Just found out this year that some are bush types rather than the vines that I see growing wild all around here. Your tree is beautiful.

Libby

Peter E. wrote:

Libby, i know "honeysuckle" flower but "nitadi" are normally known as non flowering. Do you have any that have flowered ?.

Actually, I think on the contrary that all lonicera species have flowers
Lonicera nitida have very small flowers that are yellow-green, and on a garden shrub they just go unnoticed, but on a bonsaï, you can see them more easily because of the relative scale.

Alan , thanks for confirming that "nitada" do flower. This is the first time i have seen flowers on this tree in 5 years.
Perhaps the branches are begining to mature which helps.

Also, forgot to mention,
Tree is 8"/20cm tall and the pot is from Gordon Duffett.