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Lonicera obovata

Blueberry Honeysuckle · Small-leaved Honeysuckle

Family CaprifoliaceaeGenus Lonicera

A dense twiggy shrub of small round green leaves scattered with tiny white flowers
The whole plantDinesh Valke from Thane, IndiaCC BY-SA 2.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
subshrub or shrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
WhiteRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West HimalayaGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around February 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 63 days to germinate.

20% germination in 63 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Lonicera p. 173Public domain
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Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae). All seeds are in berries and were WC for 7 d. Treatment with GA-3 was tried on L. obovata germ. 1/5 in the 9th w when sown at 70 and 0/3 when sown at 40.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Lonicera p. 173. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1.

0% germination.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Lonicera p. 173Public domain
Show the original text
Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae). All seeds are in berries and were WC for 7 d. Treatment with GA-3 was tried on L. obovata germ. 1/5 in the 9th w when sown at 70 and 0/3 when sown at 40.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Lonicera p. 173. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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