About the Japanese
Honeysuckle - Halliana :
Japanese Honeysuckle 'Halliana', Lonicera
japonica 'Halliana', is the most commonly seen
Honeysuckle and is also known as Hall's Honeysuckle.
It has whitish-yellow flowers with a delightful
fragrance. Hall's Honeysuckles are a very fast
growing plant to 15 to 30 feet. When used as a
ground cover, they are about 2 feet tall. It
produces rampant growth capable of engulfing wire or
chain-link fences in just a couple of seasons. It is
also a reliable, fragrant evergreen vine for a shade
arbor. Excellent for screening or to drape over an
unsightly wall or wood fence.
Honeysuckle enjoys the full sun, but grows and
flowers well in partial shade. Honeysuckle can be
cut nearly to the ground in late winter/early spring
when it becomes too big; new shoots emerge and
growth resumes in the spring. A country-garden
standby often trained onto dilapidated outbuildings
or into the branches of dead trees. Capable of
covering huge amounts of space in a short time, this
vine makes a great ground cover on banks and slopes
for erosion control. Be aware that is can be quite
invasive.
