Xela's Garden

Honeysuckle 'Serotina'

Genus: Lonicera.

Species: Lonicera periclymenum.

Planted 04.08 Shenstone side gate
Bought Woolworths £1.99 (reduced from £3.99)
Decimated by deer

Replaced 03.09
Bought at Morrisons £1.99

L. periclymenum 'Serotina': the late Dutch honeysuckle starts flowering in mid-June, producing creamy white blooms with reddish streaks. If the roots are in the shade and it survives aphid attacks, it will continue until the first frost.
The RHS has given 'Serotina' its AGM.

Planting associations

A good mix for cottage gardens is Rosa 'Albertine' with L. periclymenum 'Serotina'.

Climbing honeysuckles also make fine companions with clematis, early-flowering chaenomeles and sprawling low-growing plants.

Position:
any normal garden soil
full sun or partial shade ( shade roots)

Flowers:
May - Sept/first frost
highly fragrant

Height: 2.5m
Spread: 2m in 5 years

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