Lonicera sempervirens '' trumpet honeysuckle from North Creek Nurseries

Lonicera sempervirens

Common: trumpet honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens (PA) - 50 per flat

  • Height: 10'-20'
  • Spread: 1'-6'
  • Spacing: 24"-36"
  • Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9

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Plant Details

The sweetly-scented tubular red flowers of this native honeysuckle often attract hummingbirds to the garden throughout the summer. Flowers are followed by bright red fruit, attractive to birds. A twining vine, it needs a trellis or fence for support.


Characteristics & Attributes

Exposure

  • Full Sun
  • Part Sun

Soil Moisture Needs

  • Moist
  • Average

Green Infrastructure

  • Meadow/Prairie
  • Green Roof

Wetland Indicator Status

  • Falcutative Upland (FACU)

Plug Type

  • Horticultural Plug

For Animals

  • Pollinator-friendly
  • Caution: Toxic
  • Hummingbird-friendly
  • Deer Resistant

Attributes

  • Native to North America
  • Clay Tolerance
  • Salt Tolerance
  • Drought Tolerant

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Late Summer
  • Late Spring / Early Summer
  • Summer

Propagation Type

  • Vegetative

Care & Maintenance

Trumpet honeysuckle prefers average, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. More sun will give you more flowers. Tolerant of drought and dry soils once established, but either may reduce flower production and growth. Blooms on previous year's growth and new growth, so you can trim it back or leave it be. Prune to best suit your site. Lonicera sempervirens is a twining vine and needs small to medium width support to climb. Ideal on a trellis or open fence. Can climb a wood fence with help getting started.

Interesting Notes

Trumpet honeysuckle is an attractive woody vining plant with showy clusters of 2” long, crimson tubular flowers. It is quite vigorous, growing from 10-20’ tall and is easily trained on a trellis, arbor or fence. The attractive bluish leaves are deciduous in the north but evergreen in warmer climates. The plant blooms heavily in late spring then sporadically until fall. It prefers well-drained, evenly-moist soil and produces flowers most profusely in full sun. Hummingbirds love the flowers, so try growing trumpet honeysuckle with plants that give a succession of bloom to attract these beautiful birds. A few companions include Aesculus paviaAquilegia canadensis, and Spigelia marilandica. - Mt. Cuba Center