Lonicera sempervirens 'Leo' Deer-Resistant and slender runners reach out

and slender runners reach out to root new plantlets at their tips

The plant is a form of Osmanthus heterophyllus

at home as a lawn specimen

and let the clean white

Growing a nursery-raised plant is a small act of conservation for an increasingly uncommon Southwestern native

Lonicera sempervirens 'Leo' Deer-Resistant and slender runners reach outLonicera sempervirens 'Leo' is the coral honeysuckle at its free flowering best, a selection of the native red honeysuckle that covers itself in bright red, yellow throated trumpets over an unusually long season. The tubular flowers pour nectar for ruby throated hummingbirds, which find the vine as irresistible as gardeners do, and the blue green leaves, some fused right around the stem, make a cool foil for all that heat. Honesty compels a small