Sit back and enjoy the perfume as Lonicera japonica 'Red World' is an enthusiastic beauty which will happily climb up a trellis or fence, clamber through a shrub or structure or create a carpet of lush, weed suppressing foliage if left on the ground. Clusters of tubular, bright red, double-tongued blooms, creamy white inside, almost cover the foliage all summer and will fill your garden with scent, so plant near a favourite seat or window to fully experience the perfume. Full of nectar, the blooms are a favourite of our insect friends. Dark berries follow the flowers and are much loved by birds. Native to the woodlands of Japan and China where it is known as 'winter enduring vine', the leaves and flowers are dried and used in Chinese medicine as a cure for fever, cough, thirst and other ailments. Lonicera japonica 'Red World' prefers to be grown in moist, well-drained soil in sun or partial shade with the roots in shade. Growing to a height of 6m, and spreading to 1.5m, 'Red World' is
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