Honeysuckle
Lonicera species (CAPRIFOLIACEAE)
Planting and Growing Honeysuckle
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow honeysuckle in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and berries of honeysuckle
- Growing conditions for honeysuckle
- When and where to plant honeysuckle
- How to plant honeysuckle
- How to shape, prune and control growth of honeysuckle
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of honeysuckle
- Landscape uses of honeysuckle
- Pest and disease control for honeysuckle
Growing Honeysuckle
More than 150 species, cultivars of upright or climbing, deciduous or evergreen shrubs or vines, 3–30 ft. (90–900 cm) tall, with shiny, green or blue green, leathery, oval leaves, 1–6 in. (25–150 mm) long, some turning bronze in autumn–winter.
Honeysuckle Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Many sometimes fragrant, tubular, 2-lipped, coral, pink, white, yellow flowers, 1/2–2-in. (12–50-mm) long, in spring–autumn, form black, purple, red berries in autumn.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 4–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Rich–average. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full sun to partial shade. Spacing varies by species.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Drought tolerant. Fertilize annually in spring. Propagate by cuttings, layering, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for fencelines, ground covers, hedges, trellises, walls in cottage, formal, small-space gardens. Attracts birds, butterflies, hummingbirds. Invasive. Disease resistant. Aphid susceptible.