We always called this a Zebelia bush... but I can't find any info about a shrub by that name. Someone has also called it by a common name, Honeysuckle bush... It gets these little pink flowers in the Spring and then some berries in the Fall that the birds love. It's about 5' x 4'. Anybody recognize it?
Definitely looks like a honeysuckle (Lonicera), not positive on the species or cultivar though. The hummers love them!
Lonicera of the shrubby type rather than the climbing ones. There are quite a few, possibly Lonicera tatarica Zabelii, hence your name for it.
I just love those shrubs! I dug one up from the ditch last spring and moved it to my yard. I hope it blooms this year
It is pretty carefree. It gets a little scraggly looking but you can prune it way down and it will quickly grow back up just so pretty! I remember helping to plant it as a kid, maybe I was 9 or 10. It is one of the few plants my mom actually "bought" at a nursery and I remember clearly the nursery guy telling use that it would attract birds and hummers, so that is why we picked it. It's neat that you got a bush from a ditch, Netty -- we used to dig stuff out of the woods and bring home to plant in the yard. We'd get plants from all kinds of places. I'll bet yours will bloom. I hope it does!
