Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is probably my favorite native vine. It wants to go up, without popping up everywhere else (or being too rampant in its growth). When it's happy, it's totally delightful.
We have a number of really nice looking plants now (put in at various times). Some look better in wetter years; others flourish in hotter and drier years.
This one, next to the porch, is looking great, after a year with MORE than abundant rain (and I just noticed that it's jumped up to the porch railing, too!) That's not necessarily where I want it, but it's striking none the less.
I'm sure "our" hummingbird was visiting it this afternoon in the rain. I saw him out my study window visiting Carolina Jessamine (Gelsimium sempervirens) flowers in a medium-heavy rain about 2 pm. I'm thinking that nectar from coral honeysuckle would be much "tastier" than the alkaloid-rich nectar of Gelsimium!
We have a number of really nice looking plants now (put in at various times). Some look better in wetter years; others flourish in hotter and drier years.
This one, next to the porch, is looking great, after a year with MORE than abundant rain (and I just noticed that it's jumped up to the porch railing, too!) That's not necessarily where I want it, but it's striking none the less.
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