'Major Wheeler' Honeysuckle
Let it climb as a vine or form a shrubby mound.
- Genus: Lonicera
- Species: sempervirens
- Variety: 'Major Wheeler'
- Item Form: 1-Quart
- Zone: 4 - 8
- Bloom Start To End: Late Spring - Late Summer
- Habit: Vining
- Plant Height: 6 ft - 8 ft
- Plant Width: 6 ft - 8 ft
- Bloom Size: 1 in - 1.5 in
- Additional Characteristics: Easy Care Plants, Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Fragrance, Free Bloomer, Long Bloomers, Repeat Bloomer, Hummingbird Lovers, Season Extenders
- Bloom Color: Red, Yellow, Multi-Color
- Foliage Color: Dark Green
- Light Requirements: Full Sun, Part Shade
- Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained, Dry
- Resistance: Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Pest Resistant, Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Outdoor, Border, Ground Cover, Vines and Climbers
- Restrictions:
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Simply the best red-flowered honeysuckle ever grown, 'Major Wheeler' delights with its entirely mildew-free foliage! What a difference these lush leaves make : they remain dense and lovely until frost, and the flowers keep coming as well, unbelievably abundant and not ready to quit until summer's end. And the habit is quite versatile, equally inclined to climb as a vine, mound up, or stretch along the garden floor. If you are partial to butterflies and hummingbirds, or if you need quick cover-up of a wall, fence, or unsightly garden presence, 'Major Wheeler' is waiting for you.
Each long, slender, trumpet-shaped bloom is a radiant shade of red with yellow tips and interiors. Hummingbirds take notice, and there are more blooms than you can imagine, appearing in large dangling clusters, all over this plant. They begin in late spring and last through summer, standing out brilliantly against the dark foliage.
Although 'Major Wheeler' grows most quickly and flowers most heavily in full sun, it can tolerate a bit of shade. Once established it is very drought tolerant, and of course it revels in the humidity that reduces older varieties to bare stems by summer's end. We highly recommend it for brilliant vertical color. Zones 4-8.
Planting garlic, onions, chives, lavender, rosemary, and sage around rabbit-susceptible plants will repel rabbits. Deer repellent plants include: lavender, onion, catnip, sage, chives, garlic, spearmint, and thyme. Be sure to strategically place these repellent plants around and in between rabbit and deer-susceptible plants. Also, place some along the property line and especially at key points the rabbits and deer are using as entryways, which can even deter them from coming onto your property.
Simply the best red-flowered honeysuckle ever grown, 'Major Wheeler' delights with its entirely mildew-free foliage! What a difference these lush leaves make : they remain dense and lovely until frost, and the flowers keep coming as well, unbelievably abundant and not ready to quit until summer's end. And the habit is quite versatile, equally inclined to climb as a vine, mound up, or stretch along the garden floor. If you are partial to butterflies and hummingbirds, or if you need quick cover-up of a wall, fence, or unsightly garden presence, 'Major Wheeler' is waiting for you.
Each long, slender, trumpet-shaped bloom is a radiant shade of red with yellow tips and interiors. Hummingbirds take notice, and there are more blooms than you can imagine, appearing in large dangling clusters, all over this plant. They begin in late spring and last through summer, standing out brilliantly against the dark foliage.
Although 'Major Wheeler' grows most quickly and flowers most heavily in full sun, it can tolerate a bit of shade. Once established it is very drought tolerant, and of course it revels in the humidity that reduces older varieties to bare stems by summer's end. We highly recommend it for brilliant vertical color. Zones 4-8.
Planting garlic, onions, chives, lavender, rosemary, and sage around rabbit-susceptible plants will repel rabbits. Deer repellent plants include: lavender, onion, catnip, sage, chives, garlic, spearmint, and thyme. Be sure to strategically place these repellent plants around and in between rabbit and deer-susceptible plants. Also, place some along the property line and especially at key points the rabbits and deer are using as entryways, which can even deter them from coming onto your property.