News Item: : Lonicera
(Category: Lianas (climbing), cascading)
Posted by gradinar
Friday 20 February 2009 - 12:39:04


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lonicera_halliana.jpgLonitserata has many qualities - long flowering with numerous colorful trabesti colors. Easily grown from cuttings and feels wonderful to polusyanka. Broadcasts interesting flavor, but there is one drawback - as bush does not look good, so let it climb arches and fences or trees and hedges.

Stems are hollow, covered with brown bark. The leaves are oval and reaches 4 - 8 cm length. Flowers are fragrant, pale yellow, cylindrical, with a length of 5 cm plant produces small black plodcheta, which have from 2 to 12 seeds.

It flowers from June to September in white, yellow, red and purple.


Species:
Lonicera periclymenum
Stems of Lonicera periclymenum are long by 6 meters colors appear from June to August - long trabesti, reddish-purple outside and creamy inside. The catalogs offer improved varieties - 'Belgica' flowers in May and June, a 'Serotina' - from July to October.

Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica is a vital and usually keeps its leaves in winter, but unfortunately the yellow flowers are often hidden in the leaves. Choose the variety 'Aureoreticulata' because the leaves with yellow streaks.

Lonicera americana
Lonicera americana is living species, which is excellent in every respect. Some books recommend Lonicera brownii (red flowers June-September) and Lonicera tellmanniana (yellow flowers, June-July), but they are not aromatic.

Lonicera caprifolium
Lonicera caprifolium kind of flowering plants of the genus honeysuckle (Lonicera) family Caprifoliaceae. It is widespread in natural conditions in Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus region, but is also used as a decorative plant.
Lonicera caprifolium is voluble deciduous shrub reaching a height of 5 m. The leaves are elliptical, dark green on upper side and bottom livid. In June-July, with large blooms and fragrant flowers, from white to red in color. The fruits are orange-red berries that ripen in August.

Lonicera tatarica
Lonicera tatarica is a species of flowering plants of the genus honeysuckle (Lonicera) family Caprifoliaceae.
Lonicera tatarica an upright shrub, tall by 4 m, with elongated ovoid, slightly heart-in basis, sinkavozeleni and sage leaves underneath. The colors were too variable color - from white to dark red, occurring in May-June. The fruits ripen in July and August. Are bright red strawberries.
Lonicera tatarica come from the mainland of Eastern Europe and Southern Siberia. In Bulgaria, is grown as a landscape plant, which exhibits high resistance to cold and suhoustoychivost. Scissoring tolerated. Used for group plantings and hedges, to reinforce the banks of solar exhibitions.

Lonicera heckrotii - Goldflame Honeysuckle

Lonicera henryi Evergreen Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima - Winter Honeysuckle

Lonicera nitida Boxleaf Honeysuckle


Cultivation:

Soil:
Requires a rich soil. Early spring tors. At the end of flowering is good to okastri, for - good shape.

Location:
Tolerate shade and over. Grows in sun or polusyanka.

Propagation:
Arresters or pledged by green cuttings in the chest during the summer.

Tips:
Suitable for planting on fences, vines, gazebos. If not controlled, the plant can take over the garden like weeds. Plodchetata of bush mature quickly and can easily be carried by birds, then easily snap. Therefore, care must be prey, while still small (before they become black).


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