‘Thunderbolt’ Golden Box Honeysuckle

Lonicera nitida ‘Golden Glow’ Thunderbolt TM

Other Names: Golden Box Leaf Honeysuckle

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3 to 4′ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 3 to 4′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 3 feet for solid hedges; 8′ or more for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Mounding, Arching, Cascading

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: na

Flower Size: na

Flowering Period: na

Flower Type: na

Fragrant Flowers: na

Foliage Color: Chartreuse

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: na

Berry Color: na

Sun Needs: Morning Sun w/Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Lightly Filtered Sun; 3 to 4 hours sun per day

Water Needs: Average, lower when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained, Moderate drought tolerant when established

Soil pH: 4.5 – 8.0 (Acid to Moderately Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low, or Medium if for clipped formal hedge

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances / Tolerances: Deer, Drought(when established), Insect, Rabbit, Shearing

Description

An award-winning new Golden Box Honeysuckle, ‘Thunderbolt’ features dainty, glowing golden chartreuse foliage on a dense mounded form that you can allow to cascade naturally or shape as desired. Responding very well to pruning or shearing for various formal shapes or hedges, this textural and colorful beauty is a fine alternative to boxwood or Japanese holly for partially shaded areas. We suggest 3 to 4 hours of sunlight per day, preferably in the morning and/or evening hours. If left unpruned, the cascading branches form a soft-textured mound 3 to 4 feet tall and wide which lights up the garden. Excellent for a stunning natural or formal hedge in the garden or as a solo in containers.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, Thunderbolt Box Honeysuckle is ideal for use as an accent in partially shaded smaller garden spaces and containers or in groupings or as a natural or formal hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Also a great candidate for creating living topiary shapes and forms. A fine selection for Asian or English gardens, formal gardens, topiary gardens, yellow color theme gardens, or container gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet or more for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Thunderbolt Box Honeysuckle is very easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and partial shade. We suggest 3 to 4 hours of sun during the morning and/or evening. Moderate drought tolerance when established. Responds very well to shearing for formal shapes, hedges and topiary. In our gardens, we’ve found it to have excellent resistance to pests and disease.

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