(Magnifica Trumpet Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle)

Magnificent lipstick bright orange red flowers and wide adaptability make this small deciduous to evergreen vine a focal point during its long summer bloom season. The species is native to the central eastern United States and southern Canada where it grows in a wide variety of soils and exposures, a clue to the adaptability of ‘Magnifica.’ The leaves of this cultivar emerge purple-red in the spring, then change to blue-green for the rest of the season. Where winters are mild this plant may become...

(Sulphurea Trumpet Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle)

Golden yellow flowers and wide adaptability make this small deciduous to evergreen vine a focal point during its long summer bloom season. The parent species is native to the central and eastern United States and southern Canada where it grows in a wide variety of soils and exposures, a clue to the adaptability of ‘Sulphurea.’ Its leaves are attractive. They emerge purple-red in the spring, then change to blue-green for the rest of the season. Where winters are mild this plant may become evergreen...

(Tartarian Honeysuckle)

Supremely cold hardy and delicately beautiful in bloom, this very large upright deciduous shrub is perfectly carefree. It is native to a large range from southern Russia to central China, proving a remarkable adaptability to most soils and climates. This species also claims a good number of cultivars offering varying flower colors and sizes. A multi-stemmed, twiggy habit produces a densely branched shrub. The leaves are large and blue-green and drop in autumn without a show of fall color.

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(White Tartarian Honeysuckle)

Supremely cold hardy and delicately beautiful in bloom, this very large upright deciduous shrub is perfectly carefree. It is descended from a species native to a large range from southern Russia to central China, a clue to its remarkable adaptability. This species also claims a good number of cultivars offering varying flower colors and sizes, such as this one, ‘Alba,’ which is white-flowered. A multi-stemmed, twiggy habit produces a densely branched shrub. The leaves are large and blue-green and...

(Arnold Red Tartarian Honeysuckle, Tartarian Honeysuckle)

Supremely cold hardy and delicately beautiful in bloom, this very large upright deciduous shrub is perfectly carefree. It is descended from a species native to a large range from southern Russia to central China, a clue to its remarkable adaptability. The parent also claims a good number of cultivars offering varying flower colors and sizes, such as this one, ‘Arnold,’ considered to have the strongest red of all. Its multi-stemmed, twiggy habit produces a densely branched shrub. The leaves are large...

(Pink Tartarian Honeysuckle)

Supremely cold hardy and delicately beautiful in bloom, this very large, upright deciduous shrub is perfectly carefree. It is descended from a species native to a large range from southern Russia to central China, a clue to the remarkable adaptability or ‘Rosea.’ The parent also claims a good number of cultivars offering varying flower colors and sizes, such as this one, which has clusters of bi-colored flowers. Its multi-stemmed, twiggy habit produces a densely branched shrub. The leaves are large,...

(Brown's Honeysuckle, Dropmore Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle)

Dropmore Scarlet trumpet honeysuckle is a vigorous semi-evergreen climber that is a hybrid cross between Lonicera sempervirens and Lonicera hirsuta. It is fast growing and boasts beautiful scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers, which bloom all summer, and pretty blue-green foliage. Hummingbirds are particularly attracted to its profuse bright scarlet flowers.

This extremely hardy vine withstands many soil conditions and does best when grown in full sun. A fertile to average garden...

(Brown's Honeysuckle, Kristin's Gold Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle)

Large clusters of intensely colored golden flowers gives this hybrid honeysuckle highbrow looks as it climbs and rambles around the garden. It is derived from Lonicera x brownii, a group of hardy, long-blooming hybrids from a cross Lonicera sempervirens, native to the eastern U.S., with the little known Lonicers hirsuta, a hardy native of southern Canada and the north central U.S.. This cultivar, ‘Kristin’s Gold’ reaches out with long stems bearing blue-green leaves and...

(Clavey's Dwarf Hybrid Honeysuckle, Hybrid Fly Honeysuckle)

More compact than dwarf, this hardy hybrid honeysuckle, ‘Clavey’s Dwarf,’ is grown for its reliability in tough conditions and its tolerance of shearing or hard pruning. Unpruned it can grow quite tall. It is a dense, twiggy deciduous shrub with blue-green leaves and clusters of four white to ivory flowers that are smaller and less showy than many honeysuckles. The leaves hold their color through autumn until they drop. This is a hybrid of the fly honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum, a native...

(Hybrid Fly Honeysuckle, Miniglobe Hybrid Honeysuckle)

A hardy hybrid honeysuckle, ‘Miniglobe,’ is grown for its dense habit, full foliage, reliability in tough conditions and its tolerance of shearing or hard pruning. It is a twiggy deciduous shrub with blue-green leaves and clusters of four small, white to ivory flowers that are smaller and less showy than many honeysuckles. The leaves make no show in fall. They hold their color through autumn until they drop. This is a hybrid of the fly honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum, a native from Europe...