A well known vining plant in the Southeast that is actually native to East Asia. Japanese honeysuckle has escaped from residential gardens where it is used as an ornamental plant and become invasive. The flowers are double-tongued, opening white and fading to yellow, and sweetly vanilla scented. The fruit, which is produced in fall, is a black spherical berry. When its stems are young, they are slightly red in color and may be fuzzy. Older stems are brown with peeling bark, and are often hollow on the inside.
