Lonicera pileata
Privet honeysuckle, Box honeysuckle, Royal carpet honeysuckle
- Height × spread
- 0.5m – 0.5m × 1.75m – 1.75m
- Position
- All conditions
Availability
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About this plant
An attractive evergreen shrub with a spreading habit, ideal ground cover in borders. In May, tiny white flowers attract the bees, followed by purple berries in late summer and autumn. Grows to a height/spread of 0.5m x 1.75m.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Violet
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.5m – 0.5m
- Spread
- 1.75m – 1.75m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Scented garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- All conditions
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil, Well drained soil, Dry and shady soil, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Structural, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - late · Planting
Prune to maintain the plant
Cut untidy or spreading shoots back to healthy buds that are lower on the stems. When the plant is established, take out a quarter of the oldest branches to the ground at this time.
Found in
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