Leycesteria Jealousy
Himalayan honeysuckle hardiness zone.
Leycesteria jealousy. Late summer plant habit. Annuals growerfacts english german french spanish italian dutch russian. The golden foliage has red tints on new growth carries a 4 drooping cluster of white flowers w purple bracts in summer fall. 7a 10b hardiness degree.
Genus leycesteria are deciduous shrubs with hollow stems simple leaves and terminal and axillary racemes of tubular flowers followed by fleshy berries details l. An amazing cut flower and. Good border woodland pot bog plant. It s an extremely handsome shrub with a long season of interest bearing shapely leaves trailing white and claret flowers from mid to late summer followed by reddish purple berries in autumn.
This seletion produces upright stems with bright chartreuse foliage. Bold heat loving plant with chartreuse foliage. 24 36. Leycesteria formosa jealousy himalayan honeysuckle jealousy will reach a height of 2 5m and a spread of 2 5m after 5 10 years.
In late summer tips begin to evolve into deep burgundy bracts which develop into white flowers. Himalayan honeysuckle is a woody shrub often included in the perennial border. Product information accent on fantastic foliage benchcard download a benchcard. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about himalayan honeysuckle elisha s tears leycesteria formosa jealousy supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dav.
Jealousy himalayan honeysuckle leycesteria formosa is an upright thicket forming shrub with attractive bamboo like bluegreen first year shoots and ovate tapered dark green leaves to 7 long. Attracts butterflies hummingbirds. Leycesteria jealousy leycesteria jealousy web2 jpg. Product information accent on fantastic foliage bench card download a bench card.
0 f 17 8 c blooming season. Formosa is a vigorous deciduous shrub with erect sea green stems bearing long pointed ovate leaves and pendulous racemes of white flowers with showy red purple bracts followed by deep purple berries. Leycesteria formosa common name. The flowers are a magnet for bees and the berries attract many species of bird.
White honeysuckle flowers are held in drooping clusters of burgundy bracts followed by showy purple berries in the fall. Leycesteria formosa jealousy rhs plants for pollinators plants this plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. Tolerant of deer bog coast poor soil.