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Major Wheeler Trumpet Honeysuckle

Why We Love It

Don’t get me wrong, I adore beautiful blooms—and ‘Major Wheeler’ puts out a spectacular array of bright-red, tubular flowers beloved by hummingbirds and butterflies. But the real reason I love this plant is because it just doesn’t get the powdery mildew that holds back other honeysuckles from looking their best.

About This Item

Attention!!! There's an officer in the room! You will find yourself saluting this officer often once you see that this Major has earned his rank in the field with a stunning landscape presence that make all the other Honeysuckle look like mere recruits. Start with its foliage...'Major Wheeler' seems to be immune to the foliage mildew that can adversely affect many other Honeysuckles. Even in the most humid conditions its foliage stays dark green, lustrous and mildew free. His foliage is great but it's the bloom that 'Major Wheeler' brings to your yard that makes him such a landscape hero.…

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Brand: American Beauties Native Plants®

Color: Red Flowers

Features:

  • For best results, plant in USDA zone: 4-8 - mature : 20-30ft H x 20-30ft W
  • Plant is delivered in a #1 container. It is fully rooted in the soil and can be planted immediately upon arrival, weather permitting.
  • A brilliant flower show with showers of fragrant deep Red, tubular flowers that bloom in late spring and early summer. Flowers are a magnet for Native pollinators including nectar seeking butterflies and hummingbirds
  • Easy to grow. Perfect for use on a fence or trellis. Deer resistant. A light Trim in early summer stimulates strong, colorful rebloom.
  • Native songbirds love the berries produced by this vine along with the nesting and cover the plant provides

Details: Lonicera semp `Major Wheeler` Attention! ! ! There's an officer in the room! You will find yourself saluting this officer often once you see that this Major has earned his rank in the field with a stunning landscape presence that make all the other Honeysuckle look like mere recruits. Start with its foliage. . . 'Major Wheeler' seems to be immune to the foliage mildew that can adversely affect many other Honeysuckles. Even in the most humid conditions its foliage stays dark green, lustrous and mildew free. His foliage is great but it's the bloom that 'Major Wheeler' brings to your yard that makes him such a landscape hero. Masses of long, tubular, bright red flowers cover the Major from late May through the summer in such numbers you'll wonder where he gets his energy! You won't be the only one that will salute this officer. Hummingbirds and butterflies anywhere in your neighborhood will find this Major to be a great source of flower fragrance and nectar and will faithfully visit him frequently. Yes, 'Major Wheeler' is a native landscape leader that we all will salute for meritorious service no matter if he is planted in full sun or shade!

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