It prefers partial shade and its young foliage and flowers need to be protected from too much sun and hard winds
It thrives in hummus-rich
it doesn’t require pruning
with its beautiful variegated foliage that creates nice shimmering effect
Light pruning helps maintain its shape and encourages fresh red growth
Lonicera periclymenum | Early Dutch Honeysuckle - 190-200cm, 3lt Shade It prefers partial shade andLonicera periclymenum 'Belgica', or Dutch Honeysuckle, is a vigorous, fast growing, twining, deciduous climber with oval, dark green leaves, blue green underneath, purpely red buds, and masses of beautiful, fragrant, tubular, white to deep yellow flowers, red outside, blooming from late spring to mid summer, followed by bright red berries. The fragrance is strongest at night. Another flush of flowers may appear later in summer. Lonicera periclymenum