Blue Velvet Honeysuckle
Blue velvet honeysuckle is a large shrub with small, fuzzy, round, blue-gray leaves. It has long arching branches that give the plant a billowy mound shape. Showy, light pink flowers bloom in late spring and are followed by red berries later in the season.
Blue Velvet Honeysuckle
Blue velvet honeysuckle is a large shrub with small, fuzzy, round, blue-gray leaves. It has long arching branches that give the plant a billowy mound shape. Showy, light pink flowers bloom in late spring and are followed by red berries later in the season.
Plant details
Botanic Name
Lonicera korolkowii 'Floribunda'
Pronunciation
luh-NIS-er-a kor-ol-KOV-ee-eye
Mature Height
8 to 12 ft.
Mature Spread
8 to 10 ft.
Water usage
One Droplet: Water twice per month or less, once established.
Two Droplets: Water about once per week, once established.
Three Droplets: Water about twice per week, once established.
Flower Color
pink
Bloom time
May to June
Colorado Native
No
Natural Habitat
species is native to central Asia
Light Requirements
sun
Cold Hardiness
USDA zones 3-8
Elevation Limit
hardy to 9,000 ft.
Performance
Blue velvet honeysuckle has been a long-lived, drought tolerant shrub at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. It gets quite large and has an irregular shape due to the arching branches.
Each year, some of the branches die back over the winter. We simply prune the dead branches out. When in flower, the pink petals are beautiful against the light blue leaves.
Maintenance
Prune out any branch dieback after the shrub has leafed out in spring.