Lonicera alpigena 'Nana'
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Michael Dirr Lonicera alpigena 'Nana'
Michael Dirr
Lonicera alpigena 'Nana'
Lonicera alpigena 'Nana' (click for large image)
Nana Alps Honeysuckle
Common Names:
  • Nana Alps Honeysuckle
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Origin:

  species native to the mountains of central and southern Europe  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full sun.
Moderate climate.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 7

Growth:

  Range: Grows to 5'.
Dirr says: "low, slowing-growing form; a 63-year-old plant being only 3' high. (Versus the species which can range from 4 - 8'). This makes a rather handsome broad-mounded shape. The bark shows a slight exfoliating characteristic."

Flowers:

  Season(s): Spring
 

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
Dirr says: "leaves are large, up to 4" long, and slightly crinkled."  

Fruit:

  Color: Red
Season(s): Summer
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

Other:

   
Lonicera alpigena 'Nana' is hardy in these areas:
Allegan, MIAllentown, PAAlsip, IL
Athens, MIAugusta, MIBaltimore, MD
Bangor, MIBattle Creek, MIBayside, NY
Bellmore, NYBellport, NYBethpage, NY
Blue Point, NYBohemia, NYBrentwood, NY
Brightwaters, NYBronxville, NYBrookhaven, NY
Canton, MIChannahon, ILCharlottesville, VA
Chicago Heights, ILChicago Ridge, ILChicago, IL
Cicero, ILCleveland, OHCoal City, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Crete, ILDetroit, MIDewitt, MI
Dimondale, MIDolton, ILDorset, OH
Eagle, MIEast Claridon, OHEast Elmhurst, NY
East Greenville, PAEast Lansing, MIEast Texas, PA
Eastchester, NYEaston, PAEaton Rapids, MI
Ecorse, MIEdmore, MIElkins Park, PA
Elmhurst, NYElmwood Park, ILElyria, OH
Emmaus, PAEvergreen Park, ILFerndale, MI
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGrand Rapids, MI
Greenlawn, NYGwynn Oak, MDHamtramck, MI
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHastings On hudson, NY
Highland Park, MIHolbrook, NYHoltsville, NY
Hunt Valley, MDHuntington Station, NYHuntington, NY
Islandia, NYJackson Heights, NYKalamazoo, MI
Lakewood, OHLandisburg, PALawn, PA
Leasburg, NCLebanon, PALemoyne, PA
Lewistown, PALexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLiverpool, PA
Loysville, PALykens, PAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMcalisterville, PA
Melville, NYMemphis, MIMemphis, TN
Mentor, OHMiddle Village, NYMiddlefield, OH
Montville, OH
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