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Hi Bobangus, could you give the name of the honeysuckle in question as I dont recognise it from your discription, I think all honeysuckle have little trumpet flowers but you are obviously talking about a specific named one, the honeysuckles are not all perfumed and I'd hate you to go get the wrong one as it is a real dissapointment when that happens, I grow a lot of these climbers as I have a lot of woodland and they love that, but like I said not all are perfumed, the dutch ones usually are though, so name if you can, WeeNel.
Hi Bobangus, I have search my gardening books for you on this one, unfortunately, they are not telling my any semepervirens that have perfumes and the red flowers you require, I have found some cross between these and others, but with red/yellow flowers, a mix of flower colour, so I am unable to help you, I have found it tricky to buy honeysuckles that have the real perfumes that I want, hence the reason I have so many, been really disapointed as it was mainly the perfume I was looking for and been assured that was what I was buying, so I can only sugest that you go on line and find an actual grower/producer of these shrubs and climbers to make sure you dont go through all the many dissapointments I have had over the years, I have found some really heavy perfumed ones, but these are the dutch type, but none have the red flowers all orange/yellow, so I dont want to give you the wrong information as it is abviously important that you get the right plant, maybe someone who knows the American market can come into this thread and help you further. Good luck, hope you get your plant, Weenel.
According to Plant Files they are fragrant, but there are different levels of fragrant, so the best thing to do is find one at a garden center and give it a good sniff before you decide to buy it or not. Or maybe someone will come along who's grown this one and be able to let you know how nice they smell, but to me there's so much variation in different honeysuckles you really need to smell it yourself if the fragrance is important to you.
Trumpet honeysuckle or red honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is not a fragrant species. It IS a hummingbird magnet, though, so use this species with abandon. All the named clones can be read about, and make choices on that score.
Lonicera sempervirens is a reliably heavy bloomer and repeats often through the season. You would regret not planting it, simply for lack of fragrance. Pick a partner plant that provides this pleasantry.
Just be careful you don't invest in an insidious invasive.
