| Description | Kintzley's Ghost (Lonicera) is a honeysuckle vine with ornamental grayish bracts. They are said to look ghostly when the flower bracts turn a ghostly gray color. |
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| Pronunciation | (lon-ISS-er-a) |
| Plant Type | Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | Kintzley's Ghost (Lonicera) is a honeysuckle vine with ornamental grayish bracts. They are said to look ghostly when the flower bracts turn a ghostly gray color. |
| Flowers | yellow flowers, 1 to 2.75-inch grayish bracts subtend the flowers, late spring |
| Fruit | red berries cupped by the bract, |
| Stems | twining vine needs support |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | 8 plus feet, vine |
| Maintenance | prune to maintain size, prune after flowering |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | "William Kintzley originally propagated this vine at Iowa State University in the 1880s. He passed it along to family members after that, but it was never formally introduced into commerce. The vine disappeared at one point but was eventually rediscovered growing in the yard of a Kintzley relative in Fort Collins, Colorado" (#144) |
| 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 got this plant as a throwaway from the compost pile at the garden center I worked at. Was in bad shape and took a few years to get healthy. It seems to be very hardy with little or no extra care. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences |
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