Buy late Dutch honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina': Delivery by Waitrose Garden

Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina'

late Dutch honeysuckle

late Dutch honeysuckle

Position: full sun or partial shade
Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained
Rate of growth: fast growing
Flowering period: July to October
Hardiness: fully hardy

A classic cottage garden climber with large, fragrant, tubular, creamy-white flowers, streaked dark red-purple, that give it a two-tone appearance. In hot summers, the flowers may be followed by small, bright red fruits. This deciduous honeysuckle flowers later than most varieties, and will keep on producing scent and flowers for several weeks in late summer and autumn. It looks lovely scrambling over a wall or fence or growing through a robust tree and it prefers light shade.
Garden care: Cut back established plants after flowering, removing a third of the flowering shoots. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost or manure around the base of the plant in early spring.