Honeysuckle

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Fairweather Gardens, Forestfarm Nursery

Description

Upright deciduous shrub reaching 3 m in height with reddish, glabrous twigs. Leaves reddish on new growth, broad and less acute than the type, deep green and glabrous above, distinctly bluish beneath. Flowers larger than the type, 13-15(-18) mm long, dark purple; fruits totally connate, dark red. Overallmore attractive than the species.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5