Lonicera elisae

Family - Caprifoliaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - China
Discovered By - Introduced into cultivation by Roy Lancaster
Year of Introduction - Introduced into cultivation in 1983
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Winter
Hardiness - H6
Height - 2.5m
Location - Arboretum

Description: A medium-sized Deciduous Shrub with a compact, but bushy habit. Ovate to obovate leaves are reddish-purple when they emerge in spring and turn to dark green with age. Many small, funnel-shaped flowers are creamy white and flushed with pale pink. The flowers are fragrant and produced from early winter into early spring.

Rare in cultivation.

Flower:

Many small, funnel-shaped flowers are creamy-white and flushed with pale pink. The flowers are fragrant and produced from January into March.

Flower colour: White, pink

Flower shape: Funnel-shaped flowers

Flowering time: January, February, March

Foliage:

Ovate to obovate leaves are tinged reddish-purple in spring when they emerge and turn to dark green with age. The leaves are covered in fine, downy hair and are held in opposite pairs along the twiggy branches.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to obovate

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained. Lonicera elisae will perform best in a sheltered position.