#1719 most planted
Diervilla sessilifolia
Southern bush honeysuckle · also Bush-honeysuckle
Deciduous
21
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
9.1 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
Report an issue with this species
Diervilla sessilifolia is a compact, deciduous shrub that typically grows three to five feet tall and spreads by suckering. It is found in the Great Smoky Mountains and southern Appalachian Mountains, growing on bluffs, slopes, stream banks, and bordering woodlands. This species is drought tolerant and a good pollinator plant, attracting bumblebees and hummingbirds, making it suitable for woodland gardens.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 210.02%9.1 yr—
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 3–5 ft
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
- Appalachian Piedmont forests
- Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
Other Diervilla in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
