Botanical name: Lonicera henryii
Common name: Honeysuckle
Height & Spread: 10m x 1m
Planting spacing: 2ft apart
Where to plant: Full sun/ partial shade
Flowering period: June/Juny
Leaves: Evergreen
Irish weather hardiness: Hardy
Purplish-red, tubular flowers with yellow-throats, smother this honeysuckle in June and July and are often followed by small, shiny, black fruits.
The handsome, tapered, glossy, dark green leaves are retained all year, so this vigorous variety is ideal for covering a pergola, arch or boundary wall.
It is happy in partial shade.