Lonicera brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ is a deciduous twining honeysuckle climber, admired for its bold scarlet flowers, long flowering season, and robust growth habit. Its tubular blooms are bright scarlet with warm orange throats, forming dense clusters along flexible, twining stems. The flowering season is exceptional, lasting from mid-summer into late autumn, ensuring months of eye-catching colour in the garden. The plant’s foliage is blue-green, creating a beautiful contrast that enhances the vibrancy of the blooms and adds texture and depth to vertical garden features.
This hardy climber thrives in well-drained soil with full sun exposure, tolerating a range of garden conditions while maintaining its vigorous growth and long-lasting floral display. It is ideal for vertical coverage on garden structures such as trellises, pergolas, arches, fences, and walls. The twining habit allows for easy training and shaping, providing both practical screening and aesthetic appeal.
Lonicera brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ is a vigorous deciduous climber reaching 3–5 metres in height and 2–3 metres in spread, making it ideal for arches, pergolas, trellises, walls, and fences. Its flexible, twining stems allow easy training over vertical structures, providing dramatic coverage and architectural interest. Clusters of scarlet tubular flowers with orange throats appear from mid-summer through late autumn, offering months of vibrant colour. The blue-green foliage provides a contrasting backdrop that highlights the bright flowers, adding texture and depth even when not in bloom. Hardy, reliable, and low-maintenance, this honeysuckle climber combines height, coverage, and long-lasting blooms, making it perfect for cottage garden borders, wildlife-friendly gardens, and vertical screens in sunny positions.
