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lilac-flowered honeysuckle | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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lilac-flowered honeysuckle

Lonicera syringantha

Pollinator FriendlyFragrant

Genus: Lonicera
Family: Caprifoliaceae

About this plant

A bushy deciduous shrub to 3m tall, with small, oblong, blue-green leaves and fragrant pale pink flowers 1cm wide in pairs in the leaf axils in spring and early summer, followed by red berries

Growing Information

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

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

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

North FacingEast FacingSouth FacingWest Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow shrubby honeysuckle in any well drained soil in full sun or partial shade. See honeysuckle (shrubby) cultivation

Pruning

Pruning group 2

Propagation

Propagate by greenwood cuttings in summer or hardwood cuttings in autumn

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

Flower BordersCottage InformalGround CoverBanks Slopes

Planting Places

OutdoorWall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years