BLUE VELVET® Honeysuckle Lonicera korolkowii 'Floribunda' Introduced 1999
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Height: 12' Width: 8' Blooms: Early spring Sun: Full sun to partial shade Soil Moisture: Moderate watering to dry Hardiness: USDA zones 3-8 (up to 9,000') Culture: Does best in sandy or clay loam Year Introduced/Recommended: 1999
Description
Trim, round leaves on a stately blue-gray shrub. Opalescent pink flowers are showy in spring. Songbirds feed on the bright red berries as they ripen in summer and fall. Has proven resistant to disfiguring aphid damage for decades at the USDA Field Station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Drought tolerant once established. Shrub. Xeriscape.
