BLUE VELVET® Honeysuckle
Lonicera korolkowii ‘Floribunda’
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Plant Attributes
12′
8′
Moderate watering to dry
USDA zones 3-8 (up to 9,000′)
Does best in sandy or clay loam
1999
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Description
Trim, round leaves on a stately blue-gray shrub. Opalescent pink flowers are showy in spring. Songbirds feed on the bright red berries as they ripen in summer and fall. Has proven resistant to disfiguring aphid damage for decades at the USDA Field Station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Drought tolerant once established. Shrub. Xeriscape.
