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Etruscan honeysuckle | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Etruscan honeysuckle

Lonicera etrusca

Fragrant

Genus: Lonicera
Family: Caprifoliaceae

About this plant

A vigorous, woody, deciduous or semi-evergreen twining climber to 4m tall, with purplish young shoots and oval, mid-green to grey-green downy leaves. Tubular, 2-lipped, fragrant, red-flushed, creamy flowers 5cm long age to yellow, and are produced early to midsummer, followed by red berries

Growing Information

Height

2.5-4 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous, Semi Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayLoamSandy

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

This climbing honeysuckle grows best in full sun, and thrives in any fertile, moist but well-drained soil. See honeysuckle (climbing) cultivation

Pruning

Pruning group 11 after flowering

Propagation

Propagate by layering, softwood cuttings, semi-ripe cuttings, leaf-bud cuttings and hardwood cuttings

Pests

May be susceptible to honeysuckle aphids, Thrips and glasshouse whitefly

Diseases

May be susceptible to Powdery mildews, leaf spot (fungal) and silver leaf

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalFlower BordersGround CoverLow Maintenance

Planting Places

PrairieWall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

2.5-4 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Columnar Upright

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years