Vining plants often benefit from a trim to keep them looking well-maintained. These climbers, in particular, should be pruned ...

With its tubular clusters and sweet nectar, hummingbirds love this flowering vine. Prune it in winter to promote growth and ...

What: Small dark green, button-shaped leaves adorn the rambling stems of this creeping honeysuckle — they spread along the ground only a few inches high and 3 or more feet long. Lonicera crassifolia’s ...

What: A great addition for smaller spaces, Lonicera nitida “Twiggy” is a more petite version of Lonicera “Baggesen’s Gold;” in fact, it is a sport of the latter. Twiggy boxleaf honeysuckle has a ...

Northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) is a native shrub adaptable to various growing conditions. It features small, tubular yellow flowers that turn orange and red, attracting pollinators ...

Nowadays when someone mentions honeysuckle, they’re usually complaining about that sweetly fragrant, infuriatingly invasive thug from Asia, Lonicera japonica, aka ‘Japanese Honeysuckle’, that’s taking ...

Many of us strive to add bird-friendly plants to our yards and gardens, hoping to attract and feed the birds. Berry-producers rank among the top choices for attracting fall migrants and winter ...

Their scent may be as sweet as honey, but for many gardeners, honeysuckles have a bad name. “Some species of honeysuckle shrubs and vines are extremely invasive in the Midwest,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

I’ve probably grown more species of honeysuckle than of any other genus except, perhaps, roses and primulas. I love them – but not all of them. An evergreen groundcover plant called Lonicera pileata ...

Honeysuckle may be a blessing or a curse, depending on why and where you plant it and which type you plant. Hall’s honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’) is the species most commonly seen. Hall’s ...