Photo of Lonicera Blanche Sandman (trumpet honeysuckle)

Lonicera sempervirens Blanche Sandman a cultivar that is noted for its orange-red flowers. It typically grows to 10-20’ long. Tubular, orange-red flowers (to 2” long) in terminal whorls bloom primarily from May to June, with sporadic additional bloom occurring thereafter throughout the summer into fall. Flowers are attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Inedible orange-red berries form in late summer to early fall and can be both profuse and ornamentally attractive. Oval to obovate leaves (to 3” long) are dark blue-green. Caprifoliaceae

Author : Tim Ludwig
Photo # : 12455
Online since: July 31th 2014