Major Wheeler Red Trumpet Honeysuckle
| honeysuckle | vine |
It is a evergreen, perennial, flowering vine, see how the Major wheeler red trumpet honeysuckle looks like in the garden and landscape.
Major Wheeler Red Trumpet Honeysuckle is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this honeysuckle are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H7, H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.
Honeysuckle details
| Plant type | vine, berry, flowering | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial, evergreen | ||||||||
| Sun needs | part shade, full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright, climbing, trailing, twining, spreading | ||||||||
| Flowering period | early spring, late winter | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 3 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 60 sm - 90 sm | ||||||||
| Spacing | 90 sm - 2 m apart to cover fences or other structures | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.5 - 8.0 (moderately acidic - moderately alkaline) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average. drought tolerant when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, insect, mildew | ||||||||
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Major Wheeler Red Honeysuckle is a Lonicera sempervirens (commonly known as coral honeysuckle, trumpet honeysuckle, or scarlet honeysuckle) is a species of honeysuckle vine native to the eastern United States which is known for its reddish flowers.
If you prefer yellow flowers, have a look to John Clayton yellow honeysuckle.
Lonicera sempervirens Major Wheeler is an evergreen flowering vine with with a deep blue-green foliage and bright red flower, which attract birds, butterflies and Hummingbirds. This Lonicera sempervirens species blooms 10 months straight - your hummingbirds will never go hungry!
Major Wheeler Red Trumpet Honeysuckle is the best red flowering honeysuckle vine we've ever grown in our gardens, it is absolutely mildew-free and even during the rainiest and most humid summers you'll see no mildew on the leaves and there's never a month during the year the vine doesn't have flowers on it. The vine produces more flowers and is more vigorous in full sun.
Major Wheeler Red Trumpet is an absolute must and the BEST honeysuckle for hummingbird gardens. It is ideal for use to climb along the top of fences, on a trellis, on a pole, post or mailbox, over an arch, arbor or pergola, or any other structure that will provide something for the vines to twine around.
In just two years the vine has densely covered the 8-foot high by 5 foot wide wooden arch. The vine does not cling to walls and other surfaces, however, will grow up and on just about anything that provides its vines something to twine around.
Major Wheeler Red Trumpet Honeysuckle @ wikipedia.
Major Wheeler Red Trumpet Honeysuckle in the landscape and gardening
