Lonicera reticulata ‘Kintzley’s Ghost’

Lonicera 'Kintzley's Ghost' has ghostly-silver spherical bracts all season long that cup the yellow flowers and the red berries.

This marvelous and crazy honeysuckle will give you a vertical display like nothing else in the garden. It has tight yellow flower clusters surrounded by a large circular silvery-white bract. The showy white bracts persist through fall and cup the red berries. The foliage is pale blue-green. The flowers are lightly fragrant. A hybrid of Lonicera reticulata and L. prolifera.

Common Name:   Honeysuckle

Family:  Caprifoliaceae (The Honeysuckle Family)

Zone Hardiness:  4-8

Light:  Full Sun Part Sun

Height:  10-15'

Width:  3-5'

Primary Bloom Colour:  Yellow

Secondary Bloom Colour:  

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Vine

Bloom Time:  Early Summer

Soil Moisture:  Average

Stem Colour:  

Fragrance:  Yes

Berries:  Red

Benefits:  Hummingbirds Butterflies

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  

Award:  AGM

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