Smart Red
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Hum. That is what it looked like to me. The first thing I suggested -- aka "Tartarian honeysuckle".
Spouse and I spotted a beautiful flowering shrub in the ditch nearby, dug it up, brought it home, and planted it in the yard. Lonicera Tatarica is what it turned out to be -- a highly invasive plant in South-est, central-est Wisconsin.
Most of the honeysuckle growing wild around here has white flowers and red berries. This one had almost red flowers and red berries. Still pretty in the spring, but it's gotta go. I'll soon be digging the (not so) baby bush up and sending it to the burn pile.
"Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tartarian honeysuckle."
