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Miscellaneous Tube Flowers
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Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family
Coral Honeysuckle (Woodbine) Lonicera sempervirens
Scarlet flower 1-2" long with orange interior and yellow anthers. Vine is woody. Leaves are paired with the ones next to the flower becoming a circle. Berries are about 1/4" wide and go from green, yellow, orange to red.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May-June 2004
(Purchased - Native of Texas)
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Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family
possibly Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
White tube flower. Semi-evergreen leaves, opposite leaves, and a pair of bracts that are smaller than the leaves. New growth leaves are fuzzy.
In the vine photo the brown vines and leaves are the honeysuckle. They are twining up a large grape vine.
Photos taken in Smith County, Texas, November 2006
(Introduced, native of Japan and Korea)
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Bignoniaceae - Catalpa family (Trumpet-creeper family)
Trumpet Vine (Trumpet Creeper) Campsis radicans
Orangey-red flower 2-3" long. Vine will climb to the top of anything.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2004
(Purchased - Native of Texas)