Lonicera etrusca
Etruscan honeysuckle
- Height × spread
- 3m – 5m × 3m – 5m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, tolerates part shade, likes light shade
Availability
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About this plant
Fast growing honeysuckle with a beautiful fragrance and yellow tubular blooms, tinged in red. It flowers from July, delighting pollinators, particularly the bees. The flowers are followed by shiny red berries which birds love. Plant in full sun, somewhere where you will walk by and enjoy the lovely scent. Whether that's on walls, fences or over archways or pergolas. Can climb to 5m.
- Flower colour
- Red, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 3m – 5m
- Spread
- 3m – 5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Scented garden, Mediterranean garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, tolerates part shade, likes light shade
- 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, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Structural, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction, Bird 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.
Winter
Winter - late · Planting
Prune to maintain the plant
Remove and dead or damaged branches or any growth that looks very untidy. Trim the plant back if necessary to keep it within bounds.
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