New Spring 2024 Range: Out Now! Trees & Shrubs To Add Focal Points To Your Garden. Suttons Established 1806: Join Our Gardening Club Today & Get 10% Off Every Order! Lonicera nitida Wilson's honeysuckle A dense, evergreen shrub, growing to 3.5m tall and 3m wide, with small, ovate, glossy dark-green leaves on arching branches. Tiny cream flowers in spring are followed, in autumn, by sparse, glossy, blue-purple berries Synonyms Lonicera nitida Lonicera pileata var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Rehd. Join the RHS
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Lonicera nitida is sometimes referred to as box-leaved honeysuckle, as the small, oval, evergreen leaves are fairly similar in appearance to those of box (Buxus sempervirens).The leaf colour of the species is mid to dark green, while several varieties offer coloured foliage, such as 'Baggessen's Gold' which produces leaves that are bright yellow when young, maturing to lime-green. Lonicera nitida, often referred to as shrubby or evergreen honeysuckle, is a fast-growing, hardy evergreen hedge. It is a popular choice of hedge plant for a medium height evergreen hedge (up to about 3m). Its densely packed leaves, borne on long stems are tiny, so it forms a very dense hedge. Lonicera nitida is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. In English, it is sometimes given the common names box honeysuckle or Wilson's honeysuckle. [1] It is widely used as a low hedging plant, and for topiary. It is also a popular low-maintenance ground cover plant for urban landscaping. Shrubby honeysuckles Shrubby honeysuckles such as winter honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantissima Lonicera nitida will grow in full sun or partial shade. Deciduous honeysuckles should be planted in late winter, evergreen honeysuckles in spring or autumn.
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Glowing in the garden, Lonicera nitida 'Baggesen's Gold' (Box Honeysuckle) is a dense, spreading, evergreen shrub with long, arching stems clothed in small, ovate, golden-yellow leaves that turn chartreuse in the fall. Tiny cream flowers appear in spring, which are eventually followed in fall by purple berries. Lonicera nitida hedge plants have small, dark green foliage and a dense, bushy growth habit. The glossy foliage takes well to pruning, making Lonicera hedging ideal for formal situations. A very popular evergreen, Lonicera nitida, also known as Wilson's Honeysuckle, makes it into the best4hedging top 10. Best Features: Glossy evergreen foliage, year-round interest, good in shade as. Description. Lonicera nitida is a dense, evergreen shrub, growing to 3.5m tall and 3m wide, with small, ovate, glossy dark-green leaves on arching branches. The leaves are borne at right angles to the stem. The stem has both long and short hairs. It has tiny cream tubular flowers, followed by sparse, glossy, blue-purple berries in autumn. Lonicera nitida 'Twiggy' honeysuckle 'Twiggy' A compact, bushy, evergreen shrub to around 60cm tall and wide with small, ovate leaves that are broadly-margined with yellow or entirely yellow and with bronze hues in winter. Tiny cream spring flowers may be followed by purple fruits Synonyms Lonicera nitida 'Twiggy' Join the RHS today and save 25%
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Lonicera nitida (Shrubby Honeysuckle) is sometimes described as "poor man's Yew" because of the similarity in appearance - dark green, tightly knitted, dense hedging - but Lonicera nitida is a fast grower whereas Yew takes a while to reach mature height. Fast growing hedges are advantageous when you are establishing a new hedge, but come with the drawback that they need to be trimmed more. Lonicera nitida Hedge Plants Size: up to 2 m Soil: any Use: hedging/topiary Single Row: 3 per metre Colour: dark green Features: fast growing, evergreen Bareroot Delivery: Nov-March Choose a plant form What to expect All Bareroot Potted Choose a size How are they measured? 30/40 cm Bareroot £3.48 each Add to basket Qty 1-24 25 - 249 250 - 499 500 +
Lonicera nitida is a popular variety native to China that grows glossy, dark green foliage and produces small, scented flowers during the spring with small berries thereafter. Prized for its speedy, bushy growth, this evergreen plant generally only grows between 1 to 3 metres tall, which is ideal for a hedge plant. Lonicera nitida. Box Leaf Honeysuckle Hedge, also known as Lonicera nitida is a dense, evergreen hedging species that has small scented white flowers in the spring and small glossy green foliage and purple berries in the autumn. Because of it's fast growing habit and ornate foliage, Lonicera nitida is ideal for topiary and formal hedges. This.
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Buy this plant Plant nurseries 12 suppliers Size Ultimate height 1-1.5 metres Time to ultimate height 5-10 years Ultimate spread 1-1.5 metres Growing conditions Loam Chalk Sand Clay Moisture Moist but well-drained, Well-drained pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral Colour & scent Position Lonicera nitida is a species of honeysuckle native to China. It is a fast-growing, evergreen shrub that can reach up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. The leaves are opposite, oval-shaped, and have a toothed margin. The flowers are small, white, and borne in clusters.
