common honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size10 to 20 feet tall3 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Crimson purple outside and yellow and white inside
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Common honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) is a climbing vine for cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, privacy screens, and borders. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Fragrant crimson purple flowers with yellow and white insides open in early to late spring. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit them. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with The President clematis, Limelight hydrangea, and Garden phlox.
Native range
Europe, Africa, Corse, and NW. Balkan Pen..