Diervilla Lonicera ‘Copper’

Here is a tough, deer resistant, North American native shrub that definitely deserves more praise!  ‘Copper’ Bush Honeysuckle is a fast grower, excellent for mass plantings, slopes rain gardens and wildlife plantings.  Their copper-red new foliage matures to a lovely bronze-green and is free from disease and pest problems.  In mid-summer small yellow trumpet-like flowers begin to bloom attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.  When autumn arrives ‘Copper’ produces layers of color in the foliage from yellow-gold to orange and red. What a lovely, low maintenance shrub!  They grow in full sun to shade and prefer sandy or dry soils making them very hardy, very versatile, and drought tolerant once established.  Mounded, arching/spreading branches produce mature plants about 2-3’ tall by 3-4’ wide.  ‘Copper’ Bush Honeysuckle you are a beautiful plant!

Thanks to Heidi Brosseau for submitting this blog!

The picture here is of the Guardian Angel in our display bed here at the nursery and my two at home are equally as beautiful.  A sport of Blue
Angel, this wonderful plant has a misted white and green leaf center surrounded by a blue-green margin which turns a little more green as the summer goes on.  It is definitely an eye-catching specimen.

Guardian Angel is a larger hosta and features a white flower by mid-summer.