Lonicera Species, Limber Honeysuckle, Red, Twining Honeysuckle, Glaucous Honeysuckle, Mountain Honey

BONAP shows this is common in the northeastern US and the upper midwest, but it doesn't occur in the western mountains.

Not as showy as trumpet honeysuckle (L. sempervirens), or some of the exotic invasives that shouldn't be grown in much of the country (e....Read Moreg., Japanese [L. japonica], Tartarian [L. tartarica], & Amur [L. maackii]), but still very nice.

It isn't invasive in the U.S. It is a native to the Midwest, Northeast, & Mid-Atlantic, and much better mannered than the exotic invasives that can crowd out native species in many parts of the country. It (or one of its varieties) is endangered in Illinois, Kentucky, and Maine, and a plant of special concern in Tennessee and Rhode Island.

Besides limber honeysuckle, I've seen the following common names used: red honeysuckle, wild honeysuckle, twinning honeysuckle, glaucous honeysuckle, and mountain honeysuckle. A lot of sources list L. dioica as a shrub, but it really is more of a vine or something like a shrubby vine or vining shrub (depending on your perspective). Flowers are yellow w/ red inside, progressively becoming more red. Bright red fruit is attractive while it lasts.

Hummingbird magnet, & the fruit is a favorite of many species of birds.

have found this honeysuckle growing wild in zone 3b, in two places, do not know how invasive it is.

This species is one of the few climbing vines found native in the mountains of western North America. The flowers open yellowish but age...Read More to orange-red. Hummingbirds will take advantage of them. Not as showy as many climbing honeysuckles, but still a worthwhile plant for a woodland planting.