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.