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Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Mature Height: 2-3 Feet
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Mature Spread: 3-4 Feet
Buy Michigan Sunset Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle online. Michigan Sunset Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is a fantastic and underused landscape shrub. Featuring extremely vibrant reddish-orange new growth in the spring and throughout the growing season, the leaves fade to a darker green. Like other Diervilla, it’s drought tolerant and disease resistant, making it the perfect foundation planting or specimen planting in your landscape. In summer, small yellow flowers are produced, giving it some added flair for its show!
Family: Caprifoliaceae
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Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle
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MICHIGAN SUNSET DWARF BUSH HONEYSUCKLE Plant Characteristics
Bark Color*
| • | Gray |
Bark Type*
| • | Smooth |
Cultural Information*
| • | Leaf Scorch – High Resistance |
| • | Leaf Spot – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Powdery Mildew – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Root Rot – High Resistance |
Flower Color*
| • | Yellow |
Growth Habit*
| • | Compact Growing |
| • | Dwarf/Small Growing |
| • | Shrub Form |
Growth Rate*
| • | Fast |
Leaf Color Fall*
| • | Dark Yellow/Gold |
| • | Orange/Brilliant Orange |
| • | Red/Brilliant Red |
Leaf Color Spring*
| • | Light Green/Chartreuse |
| • | Orange |
| • | Red |
Leaf Color Summer*
| • | Green |
| • | Light Green/Chartreuse |
| • | Orange |
| • | Red |
Leaf Type*
| • | Deciduous/Herbaceous |
Nature Assets*
| • | Attracts Bees |
| • | Attracts Butterflies |
| • | Attracts Hummingbirds |
| • | Deer Resistant |
Plant Type*
| • | Shrub |
Preferred Planting Season*
| • | Fall Planting |
| • | Spring Planting |
| • | Summer Planting |
Preferred Soil Conditions*
| • | Adapts Well to Most Soil Types |
| • | Average |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Moist |
| • | Salt Tolerant |
| • | Tolerates Low pH (Acidic Soils) |
| • | Well-Drained |
Propagation Methods*
| • | Cuttings or Divisions |
Season of Interest*
| • | Fall |
| • | Late Spring/Early Summer |
| • | Late Summer/Early Autumn |
| • | Spring |
| • | Summer |
| • | Summer Flowering |
Sun Exposure*
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Northern States |
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Southern States |
Uses*
| • | Accent Plant |
| • | Border Plant |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Rain Garden |
| • | Understory Planting |
| • | Wildlife Habitat |
Exposure (Short)
| • | Full Sun |















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