Lonicera Fragrantissima

Now its definitely winter! i still have quite a few flowers on L 'Firecracker' which is lovely, but doesn't have the scent that this one offers.

I don't know this plant Amy, but I'm sure it's name speaks for itself. It's a lovely flower.

Those tiny flowers pack a fragrant punch, lovely.

I much prefer this one to the one I have which is just the common one.

Thanks all its a real treat to see and to have a wonderful scent in the winter ...

How gorgeous that must be.

It is Chris ,its on the side of an archway you can smell it as you walk through ....

How lovely........ not sure if this is the one we have...

We have Winter Beauty which is a hybrid of .. Frangrantissima it only had one flower last year, perhaps we might get two this year!!
looking forward to smelling the lovely perfume..???

Ours took a couple of years to really get going Angela fingers crossed you will have an abundance of flowers another year ....

I have Lonicera purpusii Winter Beauty too. Only a couple of flowers last year but quite a few buds this year.

I've seen a couple of Winter Honeysuckles around town but I've never grown them.

This is a lovely flower. As they flower in winter when there are few pollinating insects about instead of wasting energy on producing big flowers they produce lots of tiny flowers that with lots of scent that attract insects over a great distance.

That's very interesting Balcony :-)

Yours sounds nice Dawn i'm pleased you have more buds this year , I agree with Dawn Balcony we learn something new everyday :o)

Dawn decided to go up the garden and check on ours, after you said you have more buds!! and we have at least four!! so here's hoping!!

That's great news DD.
True Amy, we learn alot on this great site.

That's the great thing about GoY! We not only share our plants but we also learn other things along the way! I've leant many things in the years I've been on GoY & I hope I've been able to help people along the way, too!

Balcony, its great isnt it on here. I've learnt so much over the years. I like seeing what people have growing throughout the year, its a great source of information.

What I like is the fact that you can so easily ask advice and get the information you need almost instantly at the touch of a button from the dedicated gardeners on GOY ... you are all brilliant :o)

You are brilliant too Amy :-)))))

I totally agree with that.
Although you can look up info on the net there is nothing as good as speaking to real people with real experience & GOY folk are so willing to share their knowledge.