Lonicera 'Mandarin'
mandarine honeysuckle
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A striking new cultivar, it produces large clusters of intense orange-red flowers, each with a golden yellow throat in a big flush in early summer and then intermittently over the next few months. The deciduous foliage emerges each spring with a bronze flush, but soon turns to a lush shade of green which provides a super backdrop to the showy flowers. An easy to grow climber, the flowers are spectacular, but unfortunately they are not scented. - 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.
Rosa Warm Welcome ('Chewizz') (PBR)
rose Warm Welcome (climbing minature)
Good disease resistance
Rosa 'Golden Showers'
rose Golden Showers (climbing)
Cheerful yellow flowers
Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon'
clematis (group 3)
Wine red blooms with pale yellow anthers
Lonicera × tellmanniana
honeysuckle
Burnt amber flowers
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