LONICERA nitida

box honeysuckle or Wilson's honeysuckle

LONICERA nitida

box honeysuckle or Wilson's honeysuckle

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, prune it to the desired shape. Another pruning is possible in September if you wish your plant to have an impeccable shape. Shorten its fine shoots to keep it dense and compact with a regular shape. Prune it just a little or not at all if you which to have a free shape. Pruning can remove the inconspicuous flowers and fruits.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : China; introduced by Ernest Wilson (GB) 1908
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : rounded, ball, globe
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : White
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Hedge
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Ideal used for low hedges and topiary. It can be planted in containers, alone or in flower beds. Fast-growing plant that is compact and well branched from the base. Its thin and oval shiny dark green evregreen foliage has light green undersides and is 6 to 12 mm long. In spring, its young shoots are tinged with purple. In May, it has small and inconspicuous white flowers. It can produce translucent purple blue fruits of 4 mm diameter in September. A plant that is easy to grow and tolerates pollution, heat and dry conditions. It can grow in any type of soils, even poor soils, and at any exposure. It can be pulled down in case of harsh winter but easily restart.