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Lonicera fragrantissima

(January Jasmine)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

January Jasmine, Fragrant Honeysuckle, Sweet Breath of Spring, Sweet Breath-Of-Spring, Winter Honeysuckle

Common Names in French:

Clématite D´hiver

Common Names in German:

Wohlriechende Heckenkirsche

Description

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Physical Description

ID Features: Imbricate, sessile buds, somewhat pubescent. Buds have 4 ranked scales. Lemon-scented flowers. Opposite leaf arrangement. Small red fruit. No fall color.

Habit: A widespreading, deciduous shrub with an irregular, rounded form.

Flowers: Creamy, white flowers. Fragrant, lemon-scented. Blooms in early spring . Not showy. • Bloom Period: January, February. • Flower Color: near white, white

Seeds: Fruit: Deep red berries . 0.33" in diameter. Matures in mid-summer.

Foliage: Summer foliage: Opposite, simple leaves. Simple, deciduous leaves. Elliptic leaf shape . 1" to 3" long. Dull blue-green leaf color. • Fall foliage: No fall color. Leaves drop green.

Size/Age/Growth

Growth Rate: Fast. • Size: up to 10' tall, with and equal or greater width .

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: Barrier . Screen or hedge . Massing or grouping. For fragrance of flowers. • Liabilities: Powdery mildew . Leaf spot. Fall webworms.

Habitat

Hardy to zone 4.

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,910 meters (0 to 6,266 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Easy to grow. Easily transplanted. Prefers loamy, well-drained, moist soil. Full sun to partial shade. Prune after flowering.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Caprifolium fragrantissimum (Lindl. and Paxton) Kuntze • Xylosteon fragrantissimum (Lindl. and Paxton) Small

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Lonicera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 116 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

L. acuminata (Honeysuckle) · L. albiflora (Western White Honeysuckle) · L. arizonica (Arizona Honeysuckle) · L. bella (Bell's Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea (Sweetberry Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea var. cauriana (Bluefly Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea var. edulis (Bearberry Honeysuckle) · L. caerulea var. edulis 'Kamchatka' (Bearberry Honeysuckle) · L. canadensis (American Fly Honeysuckle) · L. caprifolium (Honeysuckle) · L. chrysantha (Honeysuckle) · L. ciliosa (Orange Honeysuckle) · L. conjugialis (Double Honeysuckle) · L. dioica (Limber Honeysuckle) · L. dioica var. dioica (Limber Honeysuckle) · L. etrusca (Etruscan Honeysuckle) · L. ferdinandii (Honeysuckle) · L. flava (Yellow Honeysuckle) · L. fragrantissima (January Jasmine) · L. gracilipes (Honeysuckle) · L. henryi (Henrys Honeysuckle Lonicera Henryi) · L. henryi 'Copper Beauty' (Henrys Honeysuckle) · L. hildebrandiana (Giant Burmese Honeysuckle) · L. hirsuta (Hairy Honeysuckle) · L. hispidula (California Honeysuckle) · L. hispidula var. hispidula (Pink Honeysuckle) · L. hispidula var. vacillans (Pink Honeysuckle) · L. interrupta (Chaparral Honeysuckle) · L. involucrata (Bearberry Honeysuckle) · L. involucrata var. involucrata (Twinberry Honeysuckle) · L. involucrata var. ledebourii (Twinberry Honeysuckle) · L. japonica (Chinese Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Aureoreticulata' (Chinese Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Halliana' (Hall's Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Hall's Prolific' (Hall's Prolific Japanese Honeysuckle) · L. japonica 'Purpurea' (Purple-Leaf Japanese Honeysuckle) · L. kamsachatica 'Blue Velvet' (Honeysuckle) · L. koehneana (Honeysuckle) · L. korolkowii (Blueleaf Honeysuckle) · L. maackii (Amur Honeysuckle) · L. maximowiczii var. sachalinensis (Sakhalin Honeysuckle) · L. minutiflora (Smallflower Honeysuckle) · L. morrowii (Morrow Honeysuckle) · L. nitida (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Baggesen's Gold' (Baggesen's Gold Boxleaf Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Ernest Wilson' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Lemon Beauty' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Maigrun' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Red Tips' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. nitida 'Silver Beauty' (Box Honeysuckle) · L. notha (Honeysuckle) · L. oblongifolia (Swamp Fly Honeysuckle) · L. oblongifolia var. oblongifolia (Swamp Fly Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum (European Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Belgica' (Dutch Woodbine) · L. periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Harlequin' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'La Gasnérie' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Manul' (Berries Jubilee Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Monul' (Berries Jubilee ® Woodbine Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Serotina' (Honeysuckle) · L. periclymenum 'Winchester' (Honeysuckle) · L. pileata (Privet Honeysuckle) · L. praeflorens (Honeysuckle) · L. reticulata (Grape Honeysuckle) · L. ruprechtiana (Manchurian Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Sulphurea' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens var. hirsutula (Trumpet Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens var. sempervirens (Trumpet Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Alabama Crimson' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Blanche Sandman' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Cedar Lane' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'John Clayton' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Magnifica' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Major Wheeler' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. sempervirens 'Manifich' (Coral Honeysuckle) · L. standishii (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata (Southern Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata ata (Santa Barbara Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata var. denudata (Santa Barbara Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata var. johnstonii (Johnston's Honeysuckle) · L. subspicata var. subspicata (Southern Honeysuckle) · L. syringantha (Lilac-Flowering Honeysuckle) · L. syringantha var. wolfii (Lilac-Flowering Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica 'Arnold Red' (Arnold Red Tatarian Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica 'Arnold's Red' (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. tatarica 'Honeyrose' (Bush Honeysuckle) · L. tragophylla (Chinese Honeysuckle) · L. utahensis (Utah Honeysuckle) · L. villosa (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. calvescens (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. fulleri (Fuller's Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. solonis (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. tonsa (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. villosa var. villosa (Mountain Fly Honeysuckle) · L. xylosteoides (Fly Honeysuckle) · L. xylosteum (Dwarf Honeysuckle) · L. xylosteum L. 'Emerald Mound' (European Fly Honeysuckle)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 241.060 meters (790.879 feet), Standard Deviation = 390.000 based on 50 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012