Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Deciduous Shrubs
Proven Winners® KINTZLEY’S GHOST® 
Grape honeysuckle  
Lonicera reticulata'P015S'
 
We know a good plant when we see one, and we are delighted to add Kintzley's Ghost honeysuckle (Lonicera reticulata) to the line of Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs. No, it's not new, but we know that there is a huge audience clamoring for this one-of-a-kind native honeysuckle and hope that this helps it get out there at scale. If you haven't had the pleasure of getting to know this plant, let us introduce you: it was originally discovered by William "Ped" Kintzley, a professor at Iowa State University. In spring, its foliage emerges looking like any other honeysuckle, but as it gets going and develops flower buds, unique blue-white, saucer-shaped bracts form around them, and tubular yellow flowers emerge from the center. They have a light scent and do attract pollinators, including hummingbirds, but it's the bracts that make everyone ask, what is that?! They look quite a bit like a eucalyptus, and remain effective on the plant until it defoliates in autumn. Flowers fade to reveal glistening red berries in each bract, but not to worry - this North American native species is not invasive and won't make a nuisance of itself. 
 
USDA Zone 4 - 8 (-30°F/-34°C)
Exposure Full sun, Part sun
Height 6-12'
Width 5'
Finish Time 1 season
Type Deciduous
Bloom Time Early summer
Flower Color Yellow
Foliage Color Green, Blue