Lonicera 'Scentsation' (Honeysuckle) // Awesome,🌟 FRAGRANT, NON-INVASIVE, Long Flowering Vine!

[@Redipstick]

I have this in my 10 foot trellis. I planted it three years ago and it’s up the side and over the top. It’s thick and full of flowers. My house and yard smell amazing and the pollinators love it.

[@OverdevestNurseries]

That's great to hear, well done. It's a lovely selection that is well worth having. Thanks for watching and letting us know. Have you subscribed to our channel yet? If you haven't, you might like to think about it, because once you are subscribed, each time we post a new video (which we are doing all the time), you will find that they will turn up automatically in your feed. And, as you find our videos helpful, it would be great if you could kindly share the links with your friends and click the "like" button too, because that will help other people find out about the information as well. And, now that we are in the midst of the main planting season (spring through late Fall) try to visit our partnering garden centers: grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/. They are located all over our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region, and that's where you will find all sorts of beautiful, tried and true and cutting edge, top performing selections, so be sure to stop in regularly throughout the seasons because there will be a steady stream of fresh shipments coming in weekly.

[@Bill_XYZ]

I’ve had this in my back patio completely covering my 10ft x 50ft gate for 14 years now. The smell is amazing and brings a lot humming birds when the flowers bloom. I live in the desert here in Vegas and it’s done well. It’s gotten really dense and now just trimming it. Highly recommend.

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Thanks for sharing this. It is interesting to hear how a hedgerow plant that in nature grows in the rainy, cool environment of the British Isles is doing so well in the desert. The fragrance is very special and a lovely experience. Unfortunately, some people miss out because they are wrongly associate this type with the invasive Japanese Honeysuckle, your comment helps to clarify the important differences, so thank you for that.

[@mistyriennett5902]

I just bought a Honeysuckle plant for just that reason..... remembering my childhood and smelling this fragrant flower.

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Its amazing how smells (especially pleasing ones) lodge in our memory for so many years, and how they will vividly take us back by association (even after many decades)! Which is why is is good for us to allow small children to experience those seasonal fragrances too. Witch Hazel, Primroses, Korean Spice Viburnum, Lily of the Valley, Mock Orange (Philadelphus), Peonies, Roses, Sweet Autumn Clematis are just a few of the lovely things that will register in their memory. This is a simple, but long lasting, fun thing for teachers, parents and grandparents to do with little ones. We are glad to hear you got to experience this precious phenomenon too. If you haven't already, might I suggest that you follow our KZbin channel now so that our new videos will popup in your feed as we add them. And if you click the like button on this particular video it will help other KZbinrs find it in the future. Thank you again for your kind comment!.

[@mistyriennett5902]

@@OverdevestNurseries another if those fragrances that stayed with me was my mother's Night Blooming Jasmine.

[@patriciahiguera1724]

I remember in the 1960 of honey suckle smell , I am in my 70 now most beautiful smell and natural beautiful smell

[@jimdavis1516]

Same here, that amazing smell along the fence line in my grandmother's back yard, honeysuckle and mock orange. One of each just arrived today.

[@ParthMayn]

Totally in love with it's fragrance💚

[@OverdevestNurseries]

That's great to hear and thank you for contributing this 👍. Fragrance in our gardens (and around our homes) is often over looked and under appreciated, and if you are able to position this somewhere "up wind" so that the wafting scent is carried on gentle breezes then it truly is (as you've discovered) a lovely, lovely experience and one that we hope more people get to know about👌😉. So, thanks again for mentioning this. If you get a chance, you might like to scroll (or search) some more through this channel because there's several other divinely fragrant plants that our partnering "Grown By Overdevest" garden centers are stocking too: grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ 👏✔ 😁

[@thebentzenable]

Thank you 🥰👍

[@OverdevestNurseries]

You’re very welcome 😊 thanks for watching and letting us know. Here's a link that will help you find the locations of all the partnering garden centers that stock our plants: grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ And, if you haven't already, can we suggest that you think about subscribing to this channel because we are posting new videos all the time and when you are subscribed you will be circulated automatically each time we post a new one. Also, it would be really great if you can kindly click the "like" button too on any of our videos that you think worthy, because that helps other people find the information too.

[@frandasham8495]

Love this.

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Thank you, it is nice to know you found this helpful

[@detse1711]

I just planted this variety 2 days ago on my south facing porch fences. Hoping to get beautiful trailing🤞🏽

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Great, you can look forward to lots of beautiful fragrant mornings and evenings! The fabulous fragrance is good at any time of thee day, but it is always best on still calm mornings and evenings.

[@initiate22000]

I just planted this honeysuckle in my yard. The branches were all coiled up and tangled together from being in the pot and having a small trellis. Can I cut it back to the ground in the Spring so it can start fresh next season? Or is it better to leave some of the branches above ground? Thank you.

[@OverdevestNurseries]

There's a lot to be said for a well shaped, well grown plant. So once it gets established you could consider sorting out the tangled shoots by trimming a few of them back to 4-6" or so, to allow your plant to regrow fresh new growt from the base. Then if some of the remaining shoots are also tangled you could repeat the process the following spring until eventually you will have a well shaped healthy vine.

[@initiate22000]

@@OverdevestNurseries Great suggestion. Thank you!

[@Magdaenzonico]

I want to plant them in a large container, but I leave them in zone 6a. Do you think it will live through winter?

[@OverdevestNurseries]

it might, but it depends upon the severity of the winter, the drainage of your pot, the type of container and the type of compost, the place you have it etc. etc. Many factors! This is really an "in ground" plant where the roots are beneath soil level and don't freeze like they are prone to do in the coldest winter months when the elevated roots are above ground level in a container. It is good that you intend using "a large container" (small pots with less soil volume will freeze first). I would also suggest you make addition holes in the base of the container and add plenty of grit or gravel in the bottom, try to use a wooden or earthenware container that offers some insulation properties rather then a thin walled plastic one, use a soil-based compost but make sure it drains well and see if you can move or position the container into the most sheltered, protected place.

[@l.zfaridany4146]

I bought this a month ago and although they’re growing very fast but absolutely no fragrance 😢😢😢 why?

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Sometimes (for no apparent reason), it takes a little while for plants to settle in, and start doing what they are supposed to do! We suspect that your plant is so busy putting down roots and getting established (which of course is a very good thing), that it hasn't yet started flowering with the masses of young fresh (highly fragrant) flower buds that it will carry eventually. Sometimes, this might take several months or even a full growing season, but we wouldn't be surprised to hear that you will go out one morning in the cooler weather of autumn or early summer, and encounter lots of the glorious, wafting fragrance that this wonderful variety will provide.... once it get going. Please try to remember to keep us in the loop on this, and give us updates if you can. We will all be interested to know how you get on. Meanwhile, have you thought about subscribing to our channel? If you haven't, you might like to think about subscribing, because once you are subscribed, each time we post a new video (which we are doing all the time), it will turn up automatically in your feed. And, as you find our videos helpful, it would be great if you could kindly share the links with your friends and click the "like" button too, because that helps other people find the information as well. Finally, now that our partnering garden centers: grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ are fully stocked with fresh new plants, if you live in our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region be sure to stop in and take a look…. Because that’s where you will discover all sorts of other really beautiful, tried and true and cutting edge, top performing selections.

[@lapidkey]

I'm in zone 11 - Florida Keys. Is it too humid here for this honeysuckle?

[@OverdevestNurseries]

We've seen comments from other folk about how they are successfully growing them in much warmer, humid conditions than up here in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, so it might be worth a try! But alas, because our only experience is here in our region, we can't definitively say whether it would work or not. We do know, that it is a lovely item for enjoying here in our northern neighborhoods, so fingers crossed you'll be able to have it too.

[@geriannroth449]

Will it thrive & flourish in the tropical Caribbean?

[@OverdevestNurseries]

It's descended from a species that grows in a temperate European climate where it experiences four seasons (including the dormancy periods of winter). So, it would probably be a stretch to expect it to flourish permanently outside of these conditions.

[@geriannroth449]

@@OverdevestNurseries ok thanks do you sell the seeds for any of the varieties of honeysuckle?

[@dorbuckley2339]

Why do my blossoms only last day or two then turn brown

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Typically, the blossoms will open a creamy lemon yellow and then deepen to darker shades over a period of several days they mature, and it is at this stage that they give off their heavenly fragrance. In hotter sunny weather this process may be accelerated. Fortunately, it is a good rebloomer and there is usually plenty of replacement buds coming along to extend the flowering period.

[@detroitergirl5842]

I might need some more water in case if you live in a hot zone.

[@kmain0]

You should be encouraging native honeysuckle

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Thanks. You'll be pleased to know that one of our popular videos on Honeysuckle is this one on a native selection Lonicera 'Major Wheeler': kzbin.info/www/bejne/npmxq4Bomt2bgac and while it is not as popular with viewers, this one on Lonicera Blanche Sandman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKGbfoeee7VmpLM explains its merits too.

[@rosettadeshazo4481]

Where are they sold

[@OverdevestNurseries]

Our plants are available through a network of partnering garden centers located throughout our Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Here's a link that will help you find the ones nearest to your neighborhood: grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

[@nickimillennium]

I’m the US they’re at Home Depot and some local nurseries