Plants and Flowers

Japanese Honeysuckle

June 27th, 2007

The Japanese honeysuckle or Lonicera japonica is a perennial vine. This plant most actively grows in the period in the spring-summer period. The Japanese Honeysuckle has mid-sized green leaves and nice white flowers. This plant usually blooms in the late spring. It changes it leaves every year. The Japanese Honeysuckle has rather short life span if to compare with the most other plant species and a fast growth rate. The usual Japanese Honeysuckle reaches in its full size up to 1 foot high, with a maximum height at 20 years of 1 foot.
The Japanese Honeysuckle is distributed through the nurseries and garden stores. It can be also propagated by cuttings, seed and shoots. The ability to spread through seed is rather slow. It needs warm conditions for seed germination and the plant cannot survive exposure to temperatures below -13°F. This vine has medium tolerance to drought and insufficient water conditions.


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