GardenWizzPlant Care Card

Hybrid Honeysuckle

Lonicera × heckrottii · Climber

Hardiness
H5 Hardy — cold winter (to −15 to −10°C)
Position
Full sun, Partial shade
Height × Spread
8 m × —
Soil
Fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained (clay or loam)
Flowering
June–August
Toxicity
No toxicity recorded

The Gardening Year

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🪴 Plant out
🌸 In flower
✂️ Prune

Watch out for

Honeysuckle aphids: Encourage natural predators like ladybirds or spray with a horticultural oil in early spring.

Powdery mildew: Improve air circulation by thinning dense growth and avoid wetting foliage when watering.

Thrips: Use blue sticky traps to monitor populations and spray with insecticidal soap if infestations are severe.

Fungal leaf spot: Remove and dispose of affected leaves to reduce spore load and avoid overhead watering.

Silver leaf: Prune out infected branches well below the visible symptoms and burn them to prevent spread.

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