Lonicera 'novso' "Honey
Baby" ®
Lonicera 'novso' "Honey Baby" ® belongs to the family
caprifoliaceae, the Honeysuckles. The honeysuckle is comprised of about
180 species including 32 species
of climbers and is a native plant in the Northern Hemisphere. There are
many cultivated varieties of honeysuckle.
Following a very specific criteria,
Plant Breeders and scientists at the Boskoop Research Station for Ornamental
Horticultural, The Netherlands wanted to create a compact growing lonicera
that would exhibit the heavy flowering and fragrance of Lonicera ‘Halliana’
Two climbing cultivars, Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’ and Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica
Select’ were chosen and crossed to breed this relatively small bush plant called "Honey
Baby".
The breeding process and selection took ten years and we think you will agree
the resulting cultivar is a "must have" for any garden.
"Honey Baby" produces a profusion of flowers
all summer long, varying in colour from cream and light yellow
to yellow.
From dusk to dawn this honeysuckle spreads a very pleasant fragrance.
Flowers in racemes together, buds, purplish-red
tinted, open creamy yellow, turning to orange-yellow, very
aromatic. Flowering time is July-October. The leaves are
elliptic to ovate, dull-shiny dark green. It grows very stocky
and bushy, sometimes with branches climbing to 2m high, easily
kept pruned. This rather dwarf form is suitable for growing
as a potted plant.
Certificate of Valuation in silver. USDA Zone: 4
Plant Patent: PPAF
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