Lonicera Periclymenum
Garden News|December 15, 2018

Recent breeding has transformed this much-loved British native climber

Lonicera Periclymenum

Walk along any woodland or hedgerow and you’ll spy our native honeysuckle or woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum, clambering over twiggy obstructions to dangle its clusters of creamy-yellow, sweetly scented blooms in the summer sun.

Honeysuckle is one of the delights of the countryside, so it’s no wonder this deciduous to semi-evergreen twiner has long been grown in our gardens, where its distinctive two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers entrance and delight.

This story is from the December 15, 2018 edition of Garden News.

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