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Caprifoliaceae
Minorca honeysuckle
Lonicera implexa
Also known as Lonicera balearica, Caprifolium implexum, Caprifolium adenocarpum, Balearic honeysuckle
Native Plants · Honeysuckle · Vine · Mediterranean · Climbing Plant · Fragrant · Wildlife Garden · Drought Tolerant · Evergreen · Lonicera · Cottage Garden
Minorca honeysuckle is a tough, semi-evergreen Mediterranean vine that thrives in full sun to partial shade and is well-suited to warm, dry garden settings. Water regularly when establishing but it becomes quite resilient once settled, tolerating periods of reduced moisture. Train it along a trellis or fence to showcase its fragrant tubular flowers, which attract pollinators and birds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, then allow top inch to dry before rewatering · Every 10-14 days during growing season; reduce in winter
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey-In-Europe, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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