Red Trumpet Honeysuckle is a glossy green climbing vine. The leaves are opposite. The red flowers are long and trumpet shaped, giving the plant its name. Another name is Mailbox Honeysuckle because it is often used to decorate mailboxes.

This vine will grow in sun or part shade but needs well-drained soil. It is easy to grow, and wherever Red Trumpet Honeysuckle grows, ruby-throated hummingbirds and butterflies will find its flashy flowers all summer long. Songbirds relish the juicy fruits. This is a spectacular vine that the local wildlife will enjoy as much as you!

We plant Red Trumpet Honeysuckle where it can clamber over a fence or plant it to grow on a tellis, mailbox, arbor, arch, or post. Unlike its weedy relative, Japanese honeysuckle, trumpet honeysuckle will not spread out of control, and its sparse vines won't strangle your prize shrubs.