Day Five: 4 December 2022 I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:There sleeps Titania sometime of the night [A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 2, Scene 1] Our common wild honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) is the only climbing plant that […]
Honeysuckle
A Week of Flowers
Day Six 27 November 2020 My garden is too exposed for climbers and shrubs, but our native honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) is more of a scrambler than a climber. Tucked in a sheltered corner it rambles and roams through the rocks and driftwood, and meanders along the wall. Each year it is severely pruned by the […]