LONICERA fragrantissima

winter-flowering honeysuckle, sweetest honeysuckle

LONICERA fragrantissima

winter-flowering honeysuckle, sweetest honeysuckle

  • Maintenance advice : In September, shorten the shoots to about a third of their length. Water regularly and abundantly the first year.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : China; introduced by Robert Fortune (UK) 1845
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 2 m
  • Width at 10 years : 2 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Cream white
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
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Strong scented plant in winter, between December and March. Pearly white flowers of 1,5 cm diameter that are gathered in pairs at the axils of the leaves. The oval and long leaves of 4 to 7 cm long appears just after the flowering. They are dark green o the upper surface and pale bluish-green underside. They can last part of the winter on the plant. It is a nice dense and branched shrub with reddish-brown shoots that are partly drooping at their ends.