{"id":763,"date":"2013-07-27T00:39:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T07:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2020-06-18T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:58:11","slug":"honeysuckle-or-woodbine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/honeysuckle-or-woodbine\/","title":{"rendered":"Honeysuckle, Woodbine or Lonicera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are my honey honeysuckle I am the vine&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/honeysuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-764\" title=\"honeysuckle\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/honeysuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/honeysuckle.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/honeysuckle-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Woodbine (not the cigarette) is an old colloquial name for Honeysuckle the mainstay of the Lonicera family. It is a favourite of English hedgerows and now there are many varieties grown for colour and scent in a garden setting<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Tips for growing Honeysuckle<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>A twining, climbing plant most honeysuckles need some support as they shoot skywards for up to 30 feet. Try <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/products\/74\/trellis-and-plant-supports\/\">trellis<\/a> or and old tree for support<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Most varieties of the honeysuckle are famous for the scent of the flowers which is sweet and powerful. Aim for a red Lonicera tellmanniana or L.fragrantisima rather than the Belgica.<\/li>\n<li>Left to trail the plants can still be effective in a semi woodland enviroment<\/li>\n<li>Lonicera nitida\u00c2\u00a0 honeysuckle can be pruned and shaped like topiary. I can recommend Baggesen&#8217;s Gold a small yellow leaved variety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Honeysuckle baggins gold by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3240822817\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3478\/3240822817_9b2b06bd84.jpg\" alt=\"Honeysuckle baggins gold\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plants <strong>root easily from summer cuttings.<\/strong> I have a plant that has moved house at least 5 times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Honeysuckle by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7976318066\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8440\/7976318066_54c078bb4d.jpg\" alt=\"Honeysuckle\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/honeysuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1057 aligncenter\" title=\"honeysuckle\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/honeysuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/honeysuckle.jpg 389w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/honeysuckle-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I really like sweetly scented honeysuckle and couldn&#8217;t resist this picture of a late bud in my garden.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Top Honeysuckle Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This tall growing, twining plant with fragrant blossom has an easy going habit.<\/li>\n<li>They work well in an informal hedge and can often be found in countryside hedgerows<\/li>\n<li>Cuttings root easily and I have a plant that has moved with me from many houses since my great aunt gave me a plant 45 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>Also called woodbine &#8211; do not try to smoke it (an old fag joke)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are my honey honeysuckle I am the vine&#8230;&#8230; Woodbine (not the cigarette) is an old colloquial name for Honeysuckle the mainstay of the Lonicera family. It is a favourite of English hedgerows and now there are many varieties grown for colour and scent in a garden setting Tips for growing Honeysuckle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20951,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/20951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}