Lonicera crassifolia

Lonicera crassifolia | Evergreen Honeysuckle Vine | Creeping Honeysuckle | Flowering Groundcover | Trailing Vine | Live Plant | 3.5" Pot
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Lonicera crassifolia | Evergreen Honeysuckle Vine | Creeping Honeysuckle | Flowering Groundcover | Trailing Vine | Live Plant | 3.5" Pot

Add year-round beauty to your garden with Lonicera crassifolia, commonly known as Creeping Honeysuckle. This unique evergreen vine features dense, button-shaped dark green leaves that develop beautiful purple-red tones during fall and winter. Throughout summer, clusters of charming tubular flowers emerge from rosy red buds tipped with chartreuse before maturing into warm orange blooms, creating a colorful display that attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Unlike traditional climbing honeysuckles, Lonicera crassifolia forms a low-growing, spreading habit, making it an excellent choice as a flowering groundcover, cascading container spiller, hanging basket plant, or decorative vine for rock walls and raised planters. Its compact growth and evergreen foliage provide season-long interest with very little maintenance.

Perfect for cottage gardens, woodland landscapes, pollinator gardens, and container arrangements, this rare honeysuckle offers exceptional foliage and colorful blooms in a compact package.

Key Features

  • Evergreen flowering vine
  • Low-growing trailing habit
  • Unique button-shaped foliage
  • Purple-red winter foliage
  • Colorful summer blooms
  • Attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies
  • Excellent container spiller
  • Groundcover for sunny to partly shaded gardens
  • Rabbit resistant
  • Easy to grow

Plant Details

Botanical Name: Lonicera crassifolia

Common Name: Creeping Honeysuckle

Plant Type: Evergreen Perennial Vine

Foliage Color: Dark Green, Turning Purple-Red in Fall and Winter

Flower Color: Red Buds, Chartreuse Tips, Maturing to Orange

Bloom Season: Summer

Mature Height: Up to 6 Inches

Spread: Approximately 3 Feet

Growth Habit: Trailing, Creeping, Spreading

Light Requirements: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Needs: Moderate

Soil Requirements: Moist, Well-Drained, Slightly Acidic Soil

Hardiness Zones: USDA 6–9

Characteristics: Evergreen, Pollinator Friendly, Rabbit Resistant, Low Maintenance, Container Friendly

Garden Uses

Perfect for:

  • Flowering groundcover
  • Hanging baskets
  • Container spillers
  • Rock gardens
  • Woodland gardens
  • Pollinator gardens
  • Fairy gardens
  • Retaining walls
  • Garden edging
  • Decorative planters

Planting Partners

Pairs beautifully with:

  • Hydrangea
  • Hosta
  • Ferns
  • Heuchera
  • Lavender
  • Brunnera
  • Ajuga
  • Lamium
  • Astilbe
  • Coral Bells

Care Tips

  • Plant in moist, well-drained, acidic soil.
  • Performs best with roots kept cool using mulch.
  • Grow in full sun to partial shade.
  • Water regularly during dry periods.
  • Pinch or lightly prune several times each year to encourage dense, compact growth.
  • Trim after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth.