Honeysuckle, Dropmore Scarlet

Name: Honeysuckle, 'Dropmore Scarlet'

Botanical Name: Lonicera x brownii

Zone: 4-9

Soil: Average

Exposure: Sun or shade

Bloom time and Color: Red buds open to Reddish/Orange flowers with orange/yellow centers. Flowers June to frost.

Description: 'Dropmore Scarlet' Honeysuckle is a very hardy honeysuckle vine. This vine produces a many long, trumpet-shaped scarlet-orange flowers in clustered miniature bouquets. The trumpets are yellow on the inside. Dropmore Scarlet is a strong grower reaching up to 8 feet. Blooming from late spring through summer and attracting hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees, its foliage is rounded and a beautiful blue-green. Perfect for arbors, fences or anything else the vine can grow up.

Care: Can be trimmed back in late fall or early spring.