Lonicera Blond & Beyond

Lonicera Blond & Beyond, sometimes marketed as 'Honey Baby', is a hybrid Honeysuckle of small dimensions, non-climbing, which quickly forms a small rounded and bushy shrub with semi-evergreen foliage. Its summer flowering is long, abundant, fragrant, delicately coloured in pale yellow, cream, and white tones. It is highly appreciated by bees. This plant is easy to integrate into a small garden and can be easily grown in a large pot on the terrace. 

Lonicera Blond & Beyond is a hybrid of horticultural origin. All honeysuckles belong to the Caprifoliaceae family. Blond & Beyond is a variety with foliage that will be deciduous to semi-evergreen depending on the severity of the winter. The plant, with rapid growth, will reach approximately 55cm (21.7in) in all directions. The flowering, particularly generous, from June to September, takes place at the end of the young shoots, throughout the growth period. The very fine tubular flowers, 4cm (1.6in) long, pale yellow washed with red in buds, open into two lips that go from pale yellow to white. They are nectariferous, honey-producing, and fragrant. The young branches are purple in colour. The foliage is composed of thick, rounded leaves, 5cm (2in) in diameter, of a fairly light green.

Lonicera 'Honey Baby' deserves a place not far from the house, on a terrace, a balcony, in a patio, near an entrance, or along a path where its fragrant flowering will be highly appreciated. It will enhance a flower bed or the foreground of a flowering hedge, the edge of a grove... There is no shortage of ideas for associations: for example, it can be planted next to orange, white, or red groundcover roses, surrounded by colourful Heucheras or Nepetas. In a container, it will be highlighted on a carpet of Ivy-leaved Toadflax or Snow-in-Summer.