Buy Lonicera fragrantissima

Also Known As

Sweet Breath of Spring
Winter Honeysuckle

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 5'-10'
W: 5'-10'

planting zones

4a-10a

3 inch pot | $13

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Lonicera fragrantissima plant details

Lonicera fragrantissima is a broadleaf deciduous shrub with green foliage. In spring and winter cream and white flowers emerge followed by red fruit. Attracts bees and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in average, clay, gritty, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Lonicera fragrantissima

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: caprifoliaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 5 FT - 10 FT - wide, 5 FT - 10 FT - tall
Flowers: cream and white blooms in spring and winter
Uses: border plant, fragrant, hedge, winter interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Lonicera fragrantissima

USDA Zones: 4a - 10a
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: heat
Soil needs: average, clay, gritty, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

It is truly a winter delight when this gracefully arching 6-15' shrub bears its pretty creamy-white flowers with their irresistible and far-reaching scent! It is perhaps the most penetrating and delicious of all the winter flowering shrubs and should be planted wear you are able to enjoy its perfume. A very low-maintenance shrub; tolerant of deer, drought and black walnut. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Winter flowers so fragrant they can be smelled many yards away!! Arching semi-deciduous shrub 5-8' – Sun to part shade – drought tolt. but looks best with regular water – Creamy flowers with a powerful honeysuckle scent Jan>March – Easy, undemanding.

By: Secret Garden Growers

The fragrant honeysuckle forms a large shrub (10’). The shrub has deep green foliage all summer. The deciduous shrub will have small white honeysuckle flowers. The fragrance is glorious and can be detected 100 ft. away. Will look like a vine as a young plant, but will make an upright shrub in time.

By: Gossler Farms

Lonicera fragrantissima is a very fragrant winter-flowering honeysuckle shrub best placed where you will walk past it in winter and early spring. Our large specimen at the nursery begins blooming with small, white flowers in January and continues through March. Makes a lovely cut flower for a winter vase. Underplant with hellebores and allow a few Clematis to grow up through its branches to add colour later in the season.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Winter Honeysuckle from Northern China, extremely fragrant lemon scented flowers, one of the first shrubs to bloom. From Hammer, who always likes to extend the gardening season, - considered one of the most fragrant woody shrubs.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

This is an excellent large, mostly evergreen shrub that has fragrant white flowers in the late winter. Lemon scented flowers are very strong and their aroma can fill the garden on a calm winter day. 6? tall and wide after 10 years. Recommended by: the United States National Arboretum.

By: Fantastic Plants

Winter Honeysuckle. A shrub 6-10 feet tall. Bluish-green leaves. White, very highly and sweetly lemoney scented flowers in very early spring. Delightfully scents the whole yard. Zones 4-8. A good hedge plant.

By: Hoot Owl Hollow Nursery

The smell is truly DIVINE and at a time when you can't imagine anything blooming. Wonderful for forcing branches inside. Good for hedges or the shrub border. Lovely for fragrance. Great to bring in a few branches in Winter and force for early indoor blooms and to perfume the house.

By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

Extraordinarily fragrant, the small creamy white blooms of this old-fashioned, tough, no nonsense shrub emit a powerfully sweet lemony scent, often perfuming a large area. Creating a bushy, arching form 6’-8’ tall & wide, it’s usually used as an informal screen or hedge or background plant, as it’s nothing special when not in bloom. Appearing before the foliage in January & February, the dangling white flowers don’t mind snow, & budded cut branches can be brought indoors in a vase. Extremely tough, hardy & long-lived, “Winter Honeysuckle” is drought tolerant but looks best in rich, loamy soil with Summer water. Bluish-green oval foliage remains till fall and is evergreen in warm climates. Prune to shape after 3 or 4 years. Good loamy soil is best. Due to Agricultural Restrictions we cannot ship this plant to Tennessee or Virginia. *We advise caution when planting near woodlands in the Eastern States.