Honeysuckle - Arnold Red

Arnold Red Honeysuckle, Lonicera x tatarica, is an excellent plant that provides a profuse flower display and a brilliant show of fruit each year. Darkest red blossoms of the Honeysuckle are fragrant and produce bright red berries in June-July. This deciduous plant has a neat, compact habit that is excellent for backgrounds, screens, windbreaks. It prefers full sun, is fast growing and gets 8 to 10 feet tall and wide. Arnold Red makes an excellent foundation plant or can be used as a low hedge. It is a low maintenance Xeriscape plant that is able to withstand drought and temperature extremes. This plant has a high tolerance for salt and alkali and has moderate water requirements. Honeysuckles are easy to grow, vigorous, heat-tolerant, and nearly indestructible. The flashy and fragrant flowers will attract hummingbirds and butterflies all summer long. Many honeysuckles will thrive in containers as well. ... details