Lonicera Honeysuckle Japonica var. repens

Plant Description:

Lonicera Honeysuckle Japonica var. repens produces clusters of purple-red and pink-white heavily scented flowers in late Spring to early Summer. Foliage purple to purple-green when young ageing to dark-green before turning yellow and falling in Autumn.� Use on walls fences trellis pergolas pillars or grow through large shrubs.

Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit .

Key Features

Plant Type: semi-evergreen climber

Plant Height & Spread: 500cm x 500cm

Foliage Colour: Green

Foliage Type: semi-evergreen

Seasons of Interest: Summer

Soil Condition: Well-drained, Fertile

Planting Position: Full Sun

Plant Care & Advice

Climbing varieties prefer fertile, humus rich, moist but well-drained soil. Though they will flower best with the top growth in full sun, they are less prone to aphid attack in partial shade. Remove old and weak stems to stimulate new growth from the base. Shorten about one in three older branches, cutting to a new, upright shoot. Renovate by hard pruning to a framework of older branches in late winter or early spring.