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Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle

Lonicera acuminata

Also called Henry's Honeysuckle, Vine Honeysuckle

Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lonicera acuminata is a fast-growing, semi-evergreen climbing honeysuckle from the Himalaya and southern China, grown for its fragrant flowers and trained up supports. It does best in a sunny spot with a moist, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil.

Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to alkaline loam or garden soil, enriched with compost.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; comfortable around 10–25 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Himalaya to C. & S. China and W. & C. Malesia
Climate
subtropical

About

Lonicera acuminata, commonly known as fragrant grove honeysuckle or vine honeysuckle, is a plant species of honeysuckle native to China, Southeast Asia and India.

Where it grows

It grows on neutral to alkaline soils up to 3200 meters above sea level. Its origin is in Western China, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India and in the Asian tropics. Worldwide cultivation has led to spontaneous occurrences in other places.

Other Lonicera plants

Sweetberry honeysuckle · Etruscan honeysuckle · Honeysuckle · Lonicera hildebrandiana · Pink honeysuckle · Japanese honeysuckle · Amur honeysuckle · Morrow's honeysuckle · Box honeysuckle · European honeysuckle · Lonicera × purpusii · Trumpet honeysuckle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera acuminata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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