Habitat Aid Ltd

Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)

Lonicera periclymenum, common honeysuckle, is Shakespeare's "luscious woodbine". It's one of those British plants that looks so exotic it's difficult to believe it's native. It's not just a beauty visually, but gives a heady scent, particularly in the evenings and at night. Why? Because it's principally pollinated by long tongued bumblebees, but more importantly moths, like the stunning Elephant Hawk Moth. They're said to be able to pick up Lonicera's scent from up to 1/4 mile away. Unsurprisingly perhaps, it's also a food plant for a range of moth larvae. More oddly, dormice eat its flowers. Once pollinated, honeysuckle produces bright red berries, which are eaten by songbirds. Our lonicera plants are grown in the UK from seed harvested here, like all our native plants. Scroll down to find out more about them.

£32.95

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Sizes 9cm pots (5 plants) 2 Litre pots

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Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)

Our native Lonicera is a welcome and colourful addition to any native or country hedge, where it can scramble through other shrubs and trees. It needs at least semi-shade to get going. Its exotic flowers perfume midsummer evenings. Honeysuckle berries are poisonous, but the flowers are edible and I've seen a number of recipes using them, from tea to jelly.

Lonicera periclymenum is widely distributed across the UK and grows on a wide range of well drained soils.

I'm still trying to find a hazel walking stick up which it has spiralled - clockwise, as opposed to bindweed.

We're currently supplying honeysuckle in 9cm or 2 Litre pots - the smaller plants in multiples of 5.

Like all our native trees and shrubs, the honeysuckle plants we sell are not only British grown, but also grown from UK origin seed.

Suppliers: RV Roger Ltd.

Have a look at our videos on what to do when your plants arrive and how to plant a bare root tree. Please ask about larger trees; we can often supply them but will need to quote on an individual basis as carriage varies so much.