
Bush Honeysuckle
- Botanical Name
- Diervilla lonicera
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 3 to 4 feet
- Width
- 3 to 4 feet
- Flowers
- June to July: yellow, trumpet-shaped
- Fall Color
- Yellow to orange and sometimes red
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained, medium to dry
- Planting & Care
- Prune after flowering
- Colonizing shrub, plants can be propagated by digging and transplanting suckers
- Great for naturalizing
- Drought tolerant
- Varieties
- Diervilla sessilifolia Cool Splash - variegated southern bush honeysuckle, 2 to 3 feet tall, green leaves with yellow to creamy white margins
- Kodiak Orange - new growth is a brilliant orange, excellent yellow to orange fall color
- Kodiak Black - new growth is burgundy, red fall color
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