Lonicera japonica var. repens

First ever honeysuckle flowers! 🥳 #honeysuckle #lonicera #creeping-japanese-honeysuckle #lonicera-japonica-repens

How wonderful, and wait until this evening and the scent will be even better 👌

Yay 💓 Congratulations 🥳

@awomanonabike you weren’t wrong! For just a few flowers it smelled incredible! Wish I’d put it nearer the house now 😂

@sabbanrula thanks Rula ☺️ I have others that refuse to flower even after 3 years so I’m really pleased this one made an effort 😂

Maybe the others will be jealous for all the attention this one is getting and make an effort too 🤣

You’ll just have to take a cutting and have two!!

@sabbanrula you weren’t wrong! Noticed a few flowers on another one this morning 🤗

@awomanonabike that’s something I need to start trying, taking cuttings 🙈

It’s fun - when it works! Nothing to lose 😉 @kez001uk

Oh wow I love it when I’m right 🤣🤣 and on the plus side you’ll have some wonderful flowers soon 😁

@sabbanrula 😂 and even better there’s a first flower on my jasmine too! You’ve willed my lazy plants along, thank you 😁

Cataloging

Is it a second one? 😊

@ublaszko it is 😛 they were cheap and the other honeysuckles I have don’t seem to be growing particularly fast since I chopped them back 🙈

😂😂 I'm thinking of getting this one for a slightly shaded side of the garden. My Dutch one is not flowering this year 😕 One more year I think 😥

@ublaszko that’s not nice of it! ☹️ none of mine have ever flowered so hope these do!

I was hoping I'd get flowers this year but no sign of flowerbuds so far. Will have to wait another year 😥

@ublaszko will be worth the wait though. My neighbour has one and the scent wafts over my fence 😍

My parents have one and I got the same variety for my garden 😄

@ublaszko I love that you and your parents have the same plants 🥰

I'm copying them 😁😁 They have so many gorgeous plants and it's quite a traditional garden but I'm going for even more traditional/cottage garden.

@ublaszko cottage gardens are just beautiful!

I love them although the downside is that cottage gardens tend to be herbaceous plus box balls/hedges. So I guess my garden is a modern cottage garden because of all the evergreen plants. 😊