Summer Stars Honeysuckle is a hardy flowering shrub, a tough native shrub that thrives in sun or shade, wet or dry. Summer Stars Honeysuckle flowers in summer in shades of yellow, and performs best in full sun to part shade with moderate watering once established. This shrub matures to roughly 2-4 feet tall and 3-5 feet wide. It is ideal for mixed borders, informal hedging, and foundation plantings, offering seasonal colour and lasting structure. Hardy to zones 3-8 and simple to care for, it settles in quickly and performs year after year. A layer of mulch helps hold moisture and keeps roots cool in summer.
Mature height: 2-4 feet
Mature width: 3-5 feet
Bloom: Yellow, summer
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Moderate — about 2.5 cm of water per week in the growing season
Hardiness: Zone 3-8
Maintenance: Low maintenance
Pruning: Prune lightly in late winter or immediately after flowering to shape and remove any dead wood.
Latin Name: Diervilla rivularis Summer Starsâ ('Morton')
📏 Current Size: Approx 2ft
🌱 Mature Size:
Height: 2-4 feet
| Width: 3-5 feet
☀️ Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
🧊 Hardiness Zone: 08-Mar
🍃 Foliage Colour: Green
🌸 Bloom Colour: Yellow
🗓️ Bloom Period: Summer
🪴 Planting Instructions: Dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball and no deeper, keeping the top of the root ball level with the surrounding soil. Loosen circling roots before planting, backfill with native soil amended with compost, then water thoroughly to settle. Space plants about 3-5 feet apart and keep well watered through the first full season while roots establish. Plant in full sun to part shade.
💧 Care & Watering: Water moderate: about 2.5 cm of water per week in the growing season. Mulch to conserve moisture and moderate soil temperature, and feed with a balanced slow-release fertilizer in early spring. Prune lightly in late winter or immediately after flowering to shape and remove any dead wood.
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