Lonicera Sempervirens

Botanical Name:

Lonicera sempervirens

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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Partial Sun - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Various soils, but rich preferred. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Caliche type. Both lime and acidic OK.
Cold Tolerant
yes
Characteristics

Bloom Time

Jun, Jul, Aug, Mar, Apr, May

Plant Type

Climbers, Vine, Ground Cover, Native Plant, Wildflower

Lifespan

Perennial, Woody

Plant Height

12-36 ft.

Flower

The Trumpet Honeysuckle has large, non-fragrant, narrow, trumpet-shaped flowers that have rich scarlet to orange-red on the outside and yellowish inside. Flowers have 4 upper lobes and 1 lower lobe. Its flowers appear in late spring from March to July at stem ends in whorled clusters Flowers are 1.5-2" in size., Blooms usually red but some cultivars/varieties yellow. Normally blooms mid-spring and intermittently thereafter., Flowers 2 inches long.

Fruit

The inedible rounded red berries that form in late summer to early fall and can be ornamentally attractive. The small red berries are attractive to birds and less than an inch in size. Displays from July to September, Red to black. 0.25 in.

Benefits
Ornamental

Good twining vine with prominent blooms for full sun. Great for arbors.

Attracts

Birds

Butterflies

Hummingbirds

Taxonomy

Order

Dipsacales

Family

Lonicera - Honeysuckles

Genus

Lonicera