Are bush honeysuckle berries poisonous?
On One Hand: Japanese Honeysuckle Berries Are Mildly PoisonousThe most common form of bush honeysuckle found in home gardens and in the wild is Japanese. Japanese honeysuckle is not native to the U.S. and has become a mildly invasive species. Honeysuckle has a strong, sweet smell that attracts small children who like to suck on the flowers and who may ingest the small, red berries. Japanese honeysuckle berries are mildly poisonous to children. Eating a few Japanese honeysuckle berries has no negative effect on most adults and the berries do not taste very good.On the Other: Edible Native Varieties Are TastelessNative honeysuckle berries are not poisonous but they also don’t have much taste. Most animals pass them over for other foods. Native honeysuckle plants are smaller and harder to find than the Japanese variety because Japanese honeysuckle escapes easily from home gardens and overruns natural habitats. Native honeysuckle berries and Japanese honeysuckle berries are very small in s
