Plant: Baggesen's Gold - Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida 'Baggesen's Gold'
$30.00
Size: 3 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
Spring
More about this plant
A fast growing, dense evergreen boxleaf honeysuckle with arching stems of small golden yellow leaves that turn chartreuse in part shade. It reaches 4 to 6 feet tall and wide in full sun to part shade and average, well drained soil, and tolerates salt spray. Use it for hedges, topiary, edging or mixed borders.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A fast growing, dense evergreen boxleaf honeysuckle with arching stems of small golden yellow leaves that turn chartreuse in part shade. It reaches 4 to 6 feet tall and wide in full sun to part shade and average, well drained soil, and tolerates salt spray. Use it for hedges, topiary, edging or mixed borders.
- Flowers
- Tiny cream flowers in spring.
- Foliage
- Small ovate golden yellow leaves, chartreuse in part shade and in fall.
- Fruit
- Purple berries in fall.
- Pruning
- Clip hedges or topiary any time from spring to fall. Otherwise prune immediately after flowering.
