FIVE FAB HONEYSUCKLES

1 LONICERA ELISAE

Discovered in China by plantsman Roy Lancaster in the early Eighties, this deciduous species boasts pale yellow flowers with a pink tinge in winter.

2 LONICERA NITIDA ‘BAGGESSEN’S GOLD’

An evergreen shrub that was introduced in the swinging Sixties with arching branches clothed with tiny golden leaves.

3 LONICERA PILEATA

First grown in Britain in the early 1900s, the box-leaved honeysuckle is a dwarf evergreen, perfect for clipping into low hedges.

4 LONICERA X PURPUSII ‘WINTER BEAUTY’

Developed by Hillier Nurseries, with clusters of white, heavily scented flowers on bare branches from early winter.

5 LONICERA INVOLUCRATA VAR. LEDEBOURII

An exotic-looking, deciduous variety from the US with orange-yellow flowers in spring followed by shiny black berries. Also has persistent red bracts (below).