Box Honeysuckle These shrubs are grown for foliage
Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. Shrubs like this one are quite magnificent and make wonderful specimen plants that attract the eye and make a centerpiece for your garden
Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera 'nitida Aurea'
These shrubs are grown for foliage
This shrub does not have any flowers
Shrubs like this one are quite magnificent and make wonderful specimen plants that attract the eye and make a centerpiece for your garden
Garden shrubs like this classed as an evergreen shrub. This means the shrub will keep its leaves (normally green) in winter season irrespective of the climate being hot, cold or mild. The most classic example of an evergreen is the fir tree
The shrub is considered hardy but this is a relative term and the degree of hardiness depends upon severity of climate. Seek specific advice if you live in a severe winter area
When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 4 feet and spread over an area of about 4 feet
Shrubs of this kind prefer soils with a pH of more than 7 to be seen at their best. Add lime to correct soil conditions for these shrubs (soil is then referred to as alkaline)
You can safely prune this shrub to achieve the look and shrub shape you want. The shrub will benefit from hard cutting normally
This shrub has spectacular and attractive foliage