Detail
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Lonicera nitida
Box Honeysuckle
Notes

Uses: Fast growing shrub planted en-mass as a formal hedge in borders, and verges. Leaves have purple tonings in autumn and winter and produces purple berries after flowering. Requires well-drained soils. Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.

  • Height 1-1.5m
  • Spread 1-1.5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Caprifoliaceae
  • Botanical Name Lonicera nitida
  • Common Name Box Honeysuckle
  • Origin China
  • Habit Dense, Erect to spreading, Vigorous
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour Cream
  • Flowering Time Spring
  • Flower Type Tubular
  • Purpose Ornamental, Hedge
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)