(Free) Lonicera Fragrantissima Leaves

The winter honeysuckle bush lonicera fragrantissima was introduced from china in the mid nineteenth century and its delightfully fragrant flowers soon became a favorite with gardeners and landscapers.

Lonicera fragrantissima leaves. In late winter to early spring a profusion of highly fragrant short tubed creamy white flowers line up along each stem before the leaves emerge. Lonicera fragrantissima is a delightful winter flowering shrub bearing fragrant cream white flowers on almost leafless branches. These are sometimes followed by dull red berries. Leaves opposite simple elliptic to broad ovate 2 5 7 5 cm long dull blue green to dark green midrib covered with bristles. Extremely fragrant lemony short tubed creamy white flowers appear in early spring before the leaves emerge. Partially evergreen with sweetly fragrant cream coloured semi double flowers. Lonicera fragrantissima from burncoose nurseries shrubby honeysuckles available online to buy information.

You can still find unattended stands thriving at crumbling old homesteads and graveyards. Typically grows 6 10 tall and as wide. This honeysuckle a species of bush honeysuckle is a shrub usually growing 1 to 3 metres 3 3 to 9 8 ft tall sometimes reaching a maximum height around 4 6 metres 15 ft. The purple flushed green leaves appear in spring. When mature it is a bushy tangle of slender spreading branches. Beloved for its extraordinarily fragrant winter blooms lonicera fragrantissima sweetest honeysuckle is a bushy deciduous shrub. I read in english gardening books that they suggest planting lonicera fragrantissima in a mixed hedge to provide the fragrance while other shrubs provide the interesting leaves and structure.

The leaves are up to 9 centimetres 3 5 in long by 4 5 centimetres 1 8 in wide. It spreads by suckers so it is easy to dig up some and transplant them to other locations. Lonicera fragrantissima commonly called winter honeysuckle or fragrant honeysuckle is a somewhat stiff branched deciduous shrub with a bushy spreading habit. The flowers are a magnet for winter active bumblebees. Lonicera fragrantissima winter flowering honeysuckle. Paired oval leaves to 7cm 3in long dark green above blue green beneath. The easy to grow winter honeysuckle thrives in well drained soil and full sun.

Consider planting native plants. Lonicera fragrantissima is considered invasive in many states. Lonicera fragrantissima is tough and handles our dry summers with only very occasional watering. The seeds are dispersed by birds and mammals that eat the berries. Flowers small about 1 cm or so creamy white not very showy lemon scented and extremely fragrant. The budded branches may be cut for fragrant indoor arrangements. Deciduous or semi evergreen.