South African Gardening Blog » Cape Honeysuckle http://www.sprig.co.za On plants, gardens and nature in South Africa. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:29:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sunshine Yellow http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/05/sunshine-yellow/ http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/05/sunshine-yellow/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 04:45:26 +0000 Niall http://sprig.co.za/?p=405 Cape Honeysuckle is one of the most versatile plants an indigenous garden can have.  You can prune it into a hedge, let it trail up a tree or grow it into a shrub.

My friend Rike gave me my first plant a few years ago and ever since then I’ve been hooked.  I now have a number of plants in my garden, each a different colour (red, orange and yellow).  I only know which colour they are when they flower.

The pics below are of my yellow plant, currently in bloom.

Cape Honeysuckle in bloom.

Cape Honeysuckle in bloom.

Sunshine Yellow.

Sunshine Yellow.

]]> http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/05/sunshine-yellow/feed/ 0 Honeysuckle up a tree http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/02/honeysuckle-up-a-tree/ http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/02/honeysuckle-up-a-tree/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:32:53 +0000 Niall http://sprig.co.za/?p=129 Just a short post – my Cape Honeysuckle has trailed up a Wild Fig tree and is flowering in the top branches.  The bright orange contrasts strikingly with the dark green fig leaves and as the tree grows its going to drag the honeysuckle up with it.  Its the start of a wonderful relationship …

Honeysuckle up a tree.

Honeysuckle up a tree.

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