Anybody have honeysuckle (flowers, growing, Butterfly Bush, Hibiscus)

[Hollytree]

called Lonicera (Honeysuckle) - periclymenum Berries Jubilee?

I just bought this plant thinking it was fragrant and now I see some sites saying the flowers are fragrant and others saying they aren't!! I haven't planted it yet.
Does anyone have this variety and is yours fragrant?????

[ania]

I'm not sure what variety I have, but it's growing wild on an old tree stump - native? variety - AMAZING scent.

[Sunnydee]

I have wild honeysuckle also and it smells amazing. You can actually pull out the stamen and get one drop of nectar - we used to do this all the time when we were kids.

[wit-nit]

From Monrovia Nursery: Honeysuckle periclymenum Berries Jubilee
Spectacular color from fragrant yellow flowers followed by profusion of bright red berries. Use to cover eaves, arbors, walls. Great plant for attracting birds. Evergreen in mild areas.

Performance and Requirements
Light needs: Full sun

Watering Needs: Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat

Growth Rate: Fast Growing

Growth Habit: Climbing

Soil conditions: Clay


Design Information
Companion Plants


PINK DELIGHT BUTTERFLY BUSH
Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight'
HELENE ROSE OF SHARON
Hibiscus syriacus 'Helene'
DOUBLE FLOWERED JAPANESE ROSE
Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
SNOW QUEEN OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' P.P.#4458('Flemygea')

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Companion Plants (Description): To create a nearly wild looking cottage garden, use this plant with other large rangy beauties such as Pink Delight Butterfly Bush, (Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight'), Double Flowered Kerria, (Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'), Snow Queen Oakleaf Hydranagea, (Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen') and Helene Rose of Sharon, (Hibiscus syriacus 'Helene').

Design Styles: Wild honeysuckle is an exceptional cottage garden vine. Train over arbors and gateways, along fences and into treillage. Makes the best choice for wild gardens where it's allowed to climb into dead trees. Super wildlife plant that blends well with American natives.

Display Uses: Espaliers

Garden Styles: Cottage, Woodland

Special Features: Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Wildlife

Wildlife Value: Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Wildlife

Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. Provide support such as a trellis or arbor. Prune annually to control size.

Background Information
History: This species is the wild honeysuckle of Europe and is believed native to forests over a huge range from Britain to North Africa and eastward to Asia. It was recorded under cultivation in Britain as early as 1286. This heavy fruiting cultivar was introduced by Monrovia in 1988.

Lore: The species periclymenum was named from the Greek herbalist's term for surround, to describe its twining habit. This plant is valued by crafters who depend on its bright red berries in the fall as cut material for indoor decorating with wreaths and garla

Botanical Pronunciation: lon-ISS-er-a per-i-sli-me-num

Catalog Description: Spectacular color from fragrant white to yellow flowers followed by profusion of bright red berries. Use to cover eaves, arbors, walls. Great plant for attracting birds. Evergreen vine in mild areas. Full sun. Fast grower, twining woody stems to 15 to 20 feet long. Cutting grown.

[cynwldkat]

We have the wild variety also and it is all over mixed in with my wild berries along my back fence---about and acre long. Smells wonderful and is beautiful.

[Hollytree]

Thanks to all for responding- glad I didn't make a mistake!!!

My husband made me a great trellis for it and since plants can be expensive- even 'wild" honeysuckle (!)- it's annoying when plant sites contradict each other!! I try to do preliminary research, but have you all noticed that it is rare to find the exact varieties on your carefully constructed list

[Bazzwell]

And on the down side, left unattended, it will choke out everything around it.