Blossom color: Yellow
Fragrance: Fragrant
Bloom time: June - frost
Size: 10-20' tall/wide
Uses: Cover a trellis, post, fence
Hardiness: Zones 4-8
Native: to Eastern North America

The native honeysuckle vine was discovered in Virginia by a member of the Virginia Native Plant Society. It was named for a local, historical botanist, John Clayton. This honeysuckle has lovely, soft-yellow, tubular flowers that are fragrant and attract hummingbirds. Nectar-seeking moths and other insects also feed at the flowers. Orange-red berries appear after the flowers, which many birds relish. This vine grows 10 to 20-feet tall and has beautiful blue-green foliage. It needs at least a half-day of sun for good bloom. Very winter hardy to Zone 4.

What you'll receive: 2-year old, grade #1 plants with 12 to 18-inch long stems, shipped bareroot (no soil or pot) and dormant (no foliage). Learn more about our plants.

Shipping: 1-4 plants=$11.00; add $1.50 for each additional plant over 4 plants. Shipped UPS Ground in spring from early April through mid May.

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Does best in at least a half day of full sun in consistently moist, organic soil. Be sure to give it a support to climb on right away or soon after it's planted.

What's a "bareroot" plant?

"Bareroot" is a term that describes how a plant is shipped to you. A bareroot plant is not in a pot, and is usually dormant (not actively growing). See the photo to the right that shows what a bareroot rose looks like. The bareroot plants that we ship to you were harvested in the fall and placed in cold storage over the winter to keep them dormant. In the spring, we ship the bareroot plants to our customers, from early April through mid May.

Bareroot plants are easy to grow. We include planting instructions with your order. When you receive your plant, take it out of the packing material and place it in a bucket of water so that the roots are completely covered. Let the roots soak for 4 to 24 hours, then plant it in your garden. Full planting instructions with photos are available on our planting shrubs page.