Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow ('GRLN03')
Box Honeysuckle, Wilson's Honeysuckle, Boxwood Honeysuckle, Boxleaf Honeysuckle
Very small (much smaller than in the description), but it recovered well. It hasn't grown much bigger by the end of summer, as I pruned and pruned it again to make it bushier. After one season, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to use it to replace boxwoods and avoid their box tree moth!
Elisabeth, 30/09/2025
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Description
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow is a selection of Boxleaf Honeysuckle with decorative copper-coloured young shoots, perfectly suited to replace boxwood. This evergreen shrub is easy to grow, naturally bushy, and tolerates pruning well. Ideal for creating topiary or low hedges, it grows faster than boxwood, has more colourful foliage, and is less susceptible to diseases.
Lonicera Garden Clouds belong to the Caprifoliaceae family. They are a series of Dutch cultivars that are very easy to shape, for example into a ball or pyramid. Their parent, Lonicera nitida, is a robust evergreen shrub native to the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan. The Copper Glow cultivar reaches a height of approximately 90 cm (35.4 in) and a width of 60 cm (23.6 in) in 3 years. This shrub generally requires pruning once a year depending on its growing conditions. This evergreen shrub has small, tough, glossy leaves that are copper-coloured when they emerge, bright green in summer, and even darker in autumn and winter. It produces small, discreet cream-white flowers in spring. The small purple fruits, toxic but appreciated by birds, are rarely seen and only develop if the plant is not pruned.
Plant Lonicera Garden Clouds Copper Glow in any well-drained even chalky soil, that isn't too dry. It prefers partial shade or light sun. Primarily a foliage plant, Boxleaf Honeysuckle tolerates severe pruning which should be carried out just after winter or after flowering. Allow 50 to 70 cm (19.7 to 27.6 in) of space between plants for hedge planting. This shrub is resistant to air pollution and also tolerates moderate drought once established. It is perfect for low hedges, large borders, or beautiful plant sculptures, trimmed into balls or pyramid shapes, both in the ground and in pots. This Boxleaf Honeysuckle can also be left to grow freely in woodland areas.
Lonicera nitida Garden Clouds Copper Glow - Box Honeysuckle in pictures
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Botanical data
Lonicera
nitida
Garden Clouds Copper Glow ('GRLN03')
Caprifoliaceae
Box Honeysuckle, Wilson's Honeysuckle, Boxwood Honeysuckle, Boxleaf Honeysuckle
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant Lonicera nitida Copper Glow in partial shade or light sun, in a firm, well-drained, deep soil, even limestone. The plant also grows in shade, but its foliage will be less colourful. Allow 50 to 70 cm (19.7 to 27.6 in) space between the plants when planting as a hedge. To keep it neat and compact, prune your hedge once or twice a year. Lonicera nitida is resistant to atmospheric pollution and also withstands moderate drought once established.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.