Coral honeysuckle

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). ...

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Coral honeysuckle (revisited)

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Coral honeysuckle

Our coral honeysuckles are in full bloom now -- they've been amazing as the plants have become larger (and gathered resources).  It's a wonderful marker of mid-spring, arriving along with the continuing ruby-throated hummingbird migration.My past blog posts (about coral honeysuckle were more numerous...

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Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

Lonicera sempervirensNormally, Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle) flowers heavily in the spring, sporadically (one or two periodic flower clusters) through the summer, and then a bit more in the fall.This plant is looking fabulous in late June -- practically in spring form! I imagine the cool...

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