Japanese Honeysuckle Vine, Lonicera Japonica, 50 Seeds (Fast, Fragrant) Fragrant Flowering Vine or Ground Cover, Long Blooming Period, Attracts Birds, Hummingbirds and Butterflies, Fast Growth, Hardy, Drought, Salt and Urban Tolerant, Ornamental Fruit, Wildlife food QTY: 50 SEEDS Japanese Honeysuckle is an extremely vigorous twining and trailing woody vine which typically grows 15-30'. It is perhaps the most popular of the Honeysuckles that are used as ground covers. The leaves are in pairs opposite each other along the stem and are deciduous in cold climates, evergreen in milder areas. They are elliptic to oval, 2-3 inches long and half as wide. In northern areas leaves turn a bronze or purple in the fall. The flowers are about 1.5 inches long, tubular with two widely spreading lips, and borne in pairs. Japanese honeysuckle blooms throughout the entire growing season. The flowers start out white, sometimes tinged with purple, and age to yellow in their second day. The flowers are extremely fragrant, appearing from May to frost and give way to black berries which mature in late summer to fall. The fruits are dark blue black berries about 0.25 inches in diameter. Japanese Honeysuckle can be grown as a quick groundcover or planted on banks for erosion control. It grows quickly on a trellis or fence, to provide a sweetly-fragrant screen for privacy or shade. The flowers attract hummingbirds and bees, and the fruits are relished by many kinds of song birds. It has become an important food item for white-tailed deer in the eastern US.