About

Dipelta yunnanensis, the Yunnan honeysuckle, is a deciduous shrub to around 3 m with arching branches, attractively peeling pale-brown bark, polished tapering leaves to 12 cm long and clusters of scented, widely flared, white flowers tinged dark pink and marked orange in the throat. The small fruits are surrounded by conspicuous, greenish-pink, papery bracts. A beautiful and fragrant shrub for a sheltered border.

About the genus

Dipelta are deciduous shrubs from China with simple, opposite leaves and clusters of fragrant, bell-shaped flowers in late spring or summer, subtended by conspicuous, papery bracts that persist around the developing fruit. Ornamental and fragrant border shrubs.

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