When I shot these flowers on Oahu, I thought they were snapdragons, but they’re not. If you know what they are, I’d love to know via the comments!
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on Feb 7th, 2010 at 6:26 am
Looks like Japanese Honeysuckle to me.
on Feb 7th, 2010 at 6:51 am
I’m with Helen…they appear to be some sort of a honeysuckle, based on both the opposite leaves and the spidery flowers. It’s fun, isn’t it, when we go somewhere with flora unlike our own?
on Feb 7th, 2010 at 7:02 am
They are ….. pretty! A lot of help, I am. They do look like honeysuckle.
on Feb 7th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Agree. Looks like some type of honeysuckle – though not the type we have here in Arlington. Japanese is a good guess.
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/loja.html
on Feb 8th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Definately Honeysucle,
Looks just like the one up the side of my house. The Smell is fantasic.
on Feb 8th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Another honeysuckle vote. I have a closeup photo of one that looks almost exactly like that, that’s busily swallowing my garden shed. That’s not a complaint – honeysuckle engulfing it from one side, hybrid musk roses on the other side, makes for a very nice garden shed.
on Feb 9th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Sounds like a resounding vote in favor of honeysuckle! (This is why I will never be a good gardener of flowers, I fear…my lack of identification skills don’t help anyone!) Thanks, everyone, for the ideas and thoughts. Much appreciated!
on Mar 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Agreed, it’s honeysuckle…considered a weed here in Tennessee, where it grows profusely along the roadside ditches! I love honeysuckle, it smells wonderful, and if you pull off the flower and pinch off the green flower base, pulling out the stamen, you’ll find honeysuckle nector, which I’ve consumed by the gallons since I was a kid!
on Mar 4th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Mmm Japanese Honeysuckle. No question. Smells great and the nectar is yummy!
on Mar 23rd, 2010 at 10:19 am
Melisa, I used to drink that nectar as a kid, too, but haven’t for years!
Sparow, consider it confirmed. And yes — so yummy. :-)