| Description | A rapid growing deciduous twinning vine. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (lon-ISS-er-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full to some shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | flowers 5 parted yellow, borne on an umbel, originate from the center of the leaf, green fruit ripening to red |
| Leaves | leaves deciduous, oval, green above, glaucous and slightly pubescence below, looks like a round disk around the leaves, perfoliate leaves |
| Stems | stem attaches by twinning |
| Dimensions | 10 plus feet, grown as a vine or kept as a mounding shrub by pruning |
| Maintenance | pruning to keep the plant in bounds |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Lonicera is named for Adam Lonitzer (1528-1586), a German herbalist, physician and botanist who wrote a standard herbal text that was reprinted many times between 1557 and 1783. |
| Author's Notes | I have never used this plant but have observed it many times in gardens. One observation is that it is a very rapid growing plant. |
| Notes & Reference | #62-Manual of Climbers and Wall Plants (J K Burras, Mark Griffiths) |
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