New Yellow Honeysuckle Vine
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As part of its First Editions line, Bailey Nurseries this year is introducing a new golden yellow honeysuckle vine called Honeybelle.
Known botanically as Lonicera x brownii ‘Bailelle,’ this new perennial vine is a cross between two native honeysuckles, L. sempervirens and L. hirsutus. Steve Gessell of St. Cloud, Minn., discovered this new hybrid.
As anyone who grows these climbing plants knows, hummingbirds and butterflies are mad for these long-blooming vines with tubular flowers.
When mature, Honeybelle will reach a height of 10 to 20 feet, making it ideal for trellises and arbors. It has a compact growth habit and clean round foliage. Give it full sun.
Bailey Nurseries, a family owned wholesale nursery, is based in Bloomington. Minn. Look for their plants at the better nurseries and garden centers.
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
