Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 319) Lonicera nitida “Silver Beauty”

We planted this cultivar on one side of the arbor in the woodland garden about twenty years ago. It wasn’t a great choice, as it didn’t seem to thrive on the shade there and never really filled out. But it survives. This Lonicera is a tough customer. We planted another all-green variety in a blank spot in the same garden just his year.

Future plans for this plant are to take some summer cuttings of the variegated parts for tonsai use.