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.
