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Old 26-04-2011, 12:02 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Charlie Pridham wrote:

Ordinary Lonicera periclymenum and all its garden forms are good near the
coast but they are not evergreen, the evergreen sorts are OK provided
they don't get dry roots or suffer from too much still air (they can go
down with mildew) There are a number, these are the most often come
across
Lonicera henryi
Lonicera similis delavayi

and the commonest
Lonicera japonica which has a number of forms but is the worst for mildew


And is only evergreen in mild climates, like privet. Both drop their
leaves if there is a hard frost, and neither suffer much from doing
so.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.