Scientific Name: Lonicera x brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'
Common Name: scarlet trumpet honeysuckle
Family Name: Caprifoliaceae
Origin: Garden origin, North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Semi-evergreen, Vine - deciduous, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Round
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Arbors or trellis, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Screening
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers clustered, Orange, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Berry (true), Orange, Red, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Twining climber; leaves mostly ovate, 3-5cm long x 2-4cm wide, base round or fused with opposite leaf near stem tips; spike-like showy clusters of trumpet-shaped florets 2-4cm long, scarlet, unscented.