6-10 ft.; monthly; flowers in clusters, rosy red, buff within; makes a large, rounded bush.
Coral or trumpet honeysuckle, L. sempervirens.*
6-15 ft.; June; scattering scarlet flowers through the summer; with no support makes a large rounded bush; for trellises, fences, or a hedge; it is one of the list of hardy trees and shrubs recommended for Canada by the Experiment Station at Ottawa.
Honeysuckle, L. Caprifolium, with cup-like connate leaves.
Good native climbing honeysuckles are L. flava,* Sullivanti,* hirsuta,* dioica,* and Douglasi.*
Wistaria, Wistaria Sinensis and W. speciosa.*
The Chinese species, Sinensis, is a superb plant; flowers blue-purple; there is a white-flowered variety.
Japanese wistaria, W. multijuga.
Flowers smaller and later than the Chinese, in looser racemes.
Dutchman’s pipe, Aristolochia macrophytta (A. Sipho).* A robust grower, possessing enormous leaves. Useful for covering verandas and arbors.