Kintzley's Ghost Honeysuckle is a dense native twinning vine with rich green foliage. It has unusual large and rounded silvery-green bracts that pop up around the clusters of tiny tubular yellow flowers bloom in summer. These bracts stay after the flowers drop and are replaced by red berries, and persist through fall until the foliage drops. Best color in full sun and moist well-drained soil. Non-invasive.
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Type:
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Vine
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Origins:
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Midwest NA to Southern Appalachians
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Height:
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6' - 12'
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Spread:
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4’ - 5'
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Spacing:
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5'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Yellow
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Season of Interest:
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Summer
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Water Regularly. It can be susceptible to leaf spot and powdery mildew.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Gardens, Woodland Gardens, and Trellises.
COMPANION PLANTS: Bee Balm, Echinacea, Butterfly Weed
IMAGES: Longfellow's Garden Center, untitled, (2) Chanticleer Garden, Lonicera reticulata 'Kintzley's Ghost'
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
