What Is Honeysuckle?

I love having honeysuckles planted around my house for several reasons. One of the reasons is the beautiful smell of their flowers. They are a low maintenance plants.

The yellow honeysuckle which is L.flava is a vine type and the leaves are bring green about, and blow bluish green and this one will produce yellow-orange flowers in the middle of spring.

L. flava grows in zones 6-8. I have this one in several different areas of my yard. Goldflame honeysuckle is another vine plant with blue-green leaves, and the red flower buds will open to yellow on inside and pink on outside during spring to early summer. This one is grown in zones 4-9. Another variety of honeysuckle is L.Pileta which is an evergreen,or semi-evergreen shrub, not vine. This shrub will grow up to the height of 3 feet tall. It has spreading branches with small dark green leaves. This honey suckle zones 6-9.

Honeysuckles needs to be planted in moist, well drained soil with a lot of organic matter added to the soil. Honeysuckles can be grown in both sun and shade, but if they are planted in the sun, they will bloom a lot more. They will need to have support for their twining stems. I always prune after they get through flowering to maintain the size of each honeysuckle plant.