Lonicera Pericyclmenun- family  Caprifoliaceae

Native to UK

Deciduous

 

Grows ultimately 4-8 metres in 5-10years

Spread 1.5-2.5 metres per seed

Likes sun or partial shade

 

Likes any position, south, north west east facing

Exposed or sheltered.

Hardy

 

Likes moist but well drained soil.

PH Acid alkaline or neutral

 

Shrub or climber with twining stems.  Lovely fragrant flowers followed by red or black berries in Autumn

 

IS HARDY ZONE 6.

§  H1a: under glass all year (>15C)

§  H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)

§  H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)

§  H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)

§  H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)

§  H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)

§  H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)

§  H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)

§  H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)