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Common name French honeysuckle Family fabaceae Life cycle perennial/biennial (Z4-9) Flowers red (spring) Size 3' Light sun Cultural notes well-drained soil, preferably low fertility and alkaline From seed direct-sow in spring detailed seed-starting info below For some reason I was under the impression that this was an annual, so I waited for it to bloom all year. When it hadn't by late November, I looked it up again, and sure enough, it's a perennial (or biennial). It did return the next year. The rabbits appear to favor it, so only a few survived their browsing. By mid-June, it was seriously starting to consider bursting into flower.

This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away...

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2005. Seed from '04 trade. Direct-sowed, yielded a nice crop of seedlings

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