
Quantity | Price per item | Discount |
5 plants | €5,30 | 12% off |
The Etruscan Honeysuckle is known as a 'scandent shrub', which means that it has an upright shrub-like form when young and later becomes a climber as it grows taller. It can reach 4 to 6 metres in height, but will usually take on the height of whatever has provided it with support in the local habitat. Support from another large shrub is important, so planting it close to wild olive, myrtle and pistacia, for example, are common ways of using it in the landscape or garden, and it will grow very well as part of an informal mixed hedgerow. It forms a large flowering shrub when in flower, but otherwise blends in with the foliage of the supporting shrubs. Alternatively, it will grow well on any support such as a pergola or chain link fence.
It is deciduous, fragrant and very drought tolerant once established. The beautiful flowers are important to many insects, including pollinators and nectar robbers. The fruit, a cluster of conspicuous bright red round berries, provides food for birds and small mammals. It is largely maintenance free, other than taking care not to destroy the main stem during overzealous winter maintenance of any supporting planting. The stem will grow into a fairly strong woody truck when it is old, but the stem of a young plant in winter can be easily hidden or difficult to distinguish and may be accidentally cut off as a weed. If it is not cut too close to the ground it will grow back.
We are a plant nursery in the Algarve specialising in dry mediterranean species. We propagate and grow our own stock in conditions they are likely to endure when they are planted out.
We grow plants that are adapted to the dry land conditions in Portugal and southern Spain, both mediterranean perennials and succulents.
We choose plants that require very little water and maintenance. We produce a range of dry land plants that are typical of the worlds mediterranean regions. These are available to order ready for planting in the wetter months of the year. Please order the plants you need and we’ll have them ready at the best time for planting.
To ensure your new plants adapt and establish quickly, we produce them in special anti-spiral root pruning containers and a range of fibre pots (no plastic waste) with our own tried and tested growing media.
Viveiros Jardimseco
Tavira, Algarve
Please note we have no retail outlet or garden centre and are not open to the public. For more information you can contact us here.
Plantas adaptadas à seca - produzimos plantas adaptadas às condições de Portugal e Sul de Espanha, tanto espécies mediterrânicas como suculentas.
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