Honeysuckle

March 17, 2022 @ 11:36 pm

Honeysuckle is a reliably hardy decorative vine.  Offer some support to grow it vertically or prune and allow to become a mounding plant.  Easy to grow in full or part sun.  Hummingbirds love the tubular flowers.

Varieties:

Dropmore Scarlet:  Fragrant, blooms or orange & scarlet. Long bloom time.  Zone 3

Kintzley’s Ghost – grown for its attractive circular silvery foliage.  A Plant Select perennial.  More info here.

Major Wheeler: fast grower with gorgeous red-orange blooms and deep green leaves.

Mandarin: Orange blooms are a cantaloupe color. Purple flushed leaves emerge in Spring and turn to green. Not fragrant. Can grow to 20 feet. Zone 4.