January isn't exactly known for being the cheeriest month, but a fragrant winter garden could help lift your spirits, no matter how frosty the mornings may be. When picturing a perfumed garden, many ...

Blooming delicately along leafy vines or profusely on branching shrubs, honeysuckle in all forms is a longtime fixture in Southern gardens, in no small part due to its sweet fragrance. Winter ...

January may not be famed for its warmth and cheer, but even amidst the frosty mornings, a fragrant winter garden could be just the antidote to lift your mood. While visions of a perfumed garden ...

A mystery shrub sends GINA PARKINSON scrabbling through her books and the internet. She thinks it is probably a honeysuckle. ON A sunny Saturday a couple of weekends ago, I spotted the first bee in ...

PRETTY Lonicera fragrantissima makes a wonderful addition to the garden, providing masses of fragrant, creamy-white flowers, followed by red berries, from late winter to spring. Buy one plant in a 9cm ...

Dear Helen: Is winter-flowering honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) rare? I’ve never seen it in any of the gardens I’ve been in. We’ve enjoyed our shrub for 20 years. It begins flowering in late ...