| Description | According to the plant label, this is straight Heckrotti, not a selection. Was growing at very reputible botanical garden. |
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| Pronunciation | (lon-ISS-er-a)(hek-ROT-ee-eye) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | full, will tolerate some shade but for me shaded plants produce less flowers |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | pink outside, yellow inside, fragrant |
| Leaves | opposite, connate (two leaves fused together at the base) |
| Stems | scandent (climbing without the use of a holdfast structure) |
| Maintenance | can be cut back hard if it gets out of hand, cut back after flowering, gets heavy so the support must be sturdy |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Lonicera: 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 | Mant sources list Lonicera x Heckrotti as GoldFlame but than others list Goldflame as a selection of Lonicera x Heckrotti. (#62 & #144) |
| Notes & Reference | #62-Manual of Climbers and Wall Plants (J K Burras, Mark Griffiths), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #150- Armitages Vines and Climbers (Alan Armitage) |
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