Lonicera

Lonicera or Honeysuckle

Lonicera - honeysuckle are evergreen and deciduous climbers, Lonicera have a very attractive sweet fragrant flower from June to September. Which are perfect for attracting the honey bee into the garden.

They are very easy to grow and forgiving to grow if you are not green fingered.

Where to Site Your Honeysuckle

Perfect for climbing up & around obelisks and arches & fencing they can weave through your shrubs and hedge

How to Grow and Look after your Honeysuckle

Sometimes they may need a little help if you are training them against a fence by twining them around the support.

Honeysuckles need sun or partial shade & they like to grow in moist well drained soil.

They also do well from a top dressing of fertiliser in spring like fish blood and bone to help with the growth and the flowering.

They do also grow very well in pots, a general multipurpose compost