Recent breeding has transformed this much-loved British native climber
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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