honeysuckle

[2dogs]

hi
can anybody recommend a strong scented hardy honeysuckle?
(would prefer a yellow colour)
and also
can it be grown up a 6ft buddleia or would it take over?
in which case ill hide a 1000 gallon oil tank with it.
thanks
2dogs

[DavidT]

THE best scented Honeysuckle to my mind is L. periclymenum. The flowers are creamy white and purplish, it is a vigorous plant so should go over the oiltank. If the flower colour is more important then go for L. tellmanianna.

[2dogs]

thanks for the advise david, sounds like a winner to me

[Contrary Mary]

I've also gone for l.periclymenum (link to exact source below), to hide a tall fence, on the basis that if it survives in wild English woodlands, it's not likely to have a problem in my shady garden! Only put it in this spring, and it's looking pretty happy so far.


Buy English wild honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum 'Heaven Scent': Delivery by Crocus.co.uk