‘Kintzley’s Ghost’ Honeysuckle
Lonicera reticulata 'Kintzley's Ghost'
Height: 10-20 feet
Blooms in spring
Zone 4
Full Sun to Part Shade
Price range: $40 through $52
First selected and introduced through Plant Select®, and now marketed by Proven Winners®, this distinctive honeysuckle vine is grown as much for its foliage effect as its flowers. Pale blue-green leaves are accented in spring by soft yellow blooms surrounded by unique, round bracts that give the vine a luminous, “full moon” appearance. The overall effect is subtle, elegant, and unlike any other honeysuckle. Adaptable to a wide range of soils and well suited to Wyoming’s challenging conditions, it performs beautifully on trellises, fences, arbors, or trained along porch railings where its unusual bracts can be appreciated up close. A refined choice for gardeners seeking a hardy vine with quiet drama rather than bold color.
Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.