Honeysuckle. A twining climber with dark green leaves. Very fragrant, large, yellow flowers strongly flushed purple-red in summer and early autumn. Max Height 6m. Flowers June to September. Fruits August. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy. Back-fill with soil mixed with peat substitute and a suitable fertiliser.
Lonicera x americana
A twining climber with dark green leaves. Very fragrant, large, yellow flowers strongly flushed purple-red in summer and early autumn.
Category: Climbers
Additional information
Generic | Lonicera |
---|---|
Species | x americana |
Varietry | |
Common Name | Honeysuckle |
Flower Colour | yellow, purple, red |
Soil | |
Aspect | Full sun/partial shade |
Foliage | Deciduous |
Height | 6m |
Family | Caprifoliaceae |
Spread | |
Growth Speed | |
Growth Habit | Climbing |
Fragrance | TRUE |
Foliage Colour | green |
Flowers From | June, September |
Colour Fruit | red |
Fruits When | August |
Moisture | Well drained |
Protection | |
Hardiness | Hardy |
Planting | Back-fill with soil mixed with peat substitute and a suitable fertiliser |
Care | Keep moist in first year |
Border | Climbing wall |
Toxicity | |
Pruning | |
Pruning Time | |
Pests and diseases | |
Maintenance | |
Propagation |
Related products
Celastrus orbiculatus
Vigorous climber with rounded green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Small green flowers followed by yellow fruit that open to expose pink to red seeds.
Clematis alpina ‘Columbine’
A climber with light green leaves and bell-shaped, pale blue flowers, with white centres.
Asteranthera ovata
Evergreen climber or as a creeper through shrubs. It bears long-tubed, bright deep reddish pink flowers.
Campsis radicans ‘Flamenco’
Vigorous climber with dark green leaves and attractive, pendant, tubular-funnel-shaped, dark orange to red flowers.
Actinidia kolomikta
Attractive climber with dark green leaves, variegated with pink and white. Small cup-shaped, white flowers.
Actinidia deliciosa ‘Tomuri’
A male climber. Heart-shaped leaves, bearing cup-shaped white flowers.
Clematis akebioides
Pretty yellow bell-shaped flowers with purple on the outside borne on very long stalks
Berberidopsis corallina
Twining climber with dark green leaves glaucous beneath. Attractive pendent racemes of round, dark red flowers.