Design 
Residential
Commercial Dwarf Bush-Honeysuckle
June 1, 2019
Characteristics & Cultural Requirements
- Height: 2-3 feet
- Width: 2-4 feet
- Habit: Densely branched mounding shrub
- Zones: 3-7
Cultural Requirements
- Average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil
- Full sun to part shade
- Tolerates drought
- Freely suckers
- Prune as needed immediately after flowering
Ornamental Features
- Fragrant yellow, trumpet-shaped blooms June-July
- Glossy dark green leaves
- Yellow to orange, sometimes red fall color
Landscape Uses
- Native plant attracts hummingbirds, butterflies
- Small hedge
- Shrub borders
- Naturalize in woodland gardens, slopes where plant can colonize
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