| Scientific Name: | Lonicera nitida 'Red Tips' |
| Common Name: | boxleaf honeysuckle |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Arbors or trellis, Fragrance, Hedge row |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | White, May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Blue, Violet, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, about 1cm long, heart-shaped or ovate (may resemble the Ace of Spades), new growth is burgundy, fading to a red blush on glossy green leaves. | |