Vine · Caprifoliaceae
Trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Trumpet honeysuckle is recorded as native to 30 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 664 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Trumpet honeysuckle at a glance
- Native in
- 664 counties, across 30 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 4a PLANTS minimum temperature −33°F
- Mature height
- 16 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Tolerates shade Medium water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 4a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of −33°F; zone 4a winters bottom out at −30°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Trumpet honeysuckle is recorded as native to 30 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 664 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 664 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alabama 41 counties
- Arkansas 46 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- Delaware 3 counties
- District of Columbia 1 county
- Florida 41 counties
- Georgia 42 counties
- Iowa 1 county
- Kansas 2 counties
- Kentucky 32 counties
- Louisiana 43 counties
- Maine 1 county
- Massachusetts 9 counties
- Michigan 2 counties
- Mississippi 26 counties
- Missouri 8 counties
- New Hampshire 4 counties
- New Jersey 18 counties
- New York 17 counties
- North Carolina 66 counties
- Ohio 19 counties
- Oklahoma 1 county
- Pennsylvania 23 counties
- Rhode Island 2 counties
- South Carolina 42 counties
- Tennessee 43 counties
- Texas 49 counties
- Vermont 2 counties
- Virginia 72 counties
- West Virginia 8 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 16 ft
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Shape
- Climbing
- Lifespan
- Long
- Active growth period
- Spring
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Tolerant (tolerates shade)
- Moisture use
- Medium water use
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Low
- Precipitation range
- 22 to 60 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Medium and fine
- pH range
- 6 to 8.5
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Medium
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Medium
- Minimum root depth
- 10 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- −33°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 4a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 140
- Fire tolerance
- Medium
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Red
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- Yes
- Fruit color
- Black
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- No Known Source
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- LOSE
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Lonicera sempervirens (PLANTS symbol LOSE).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources