LONICERA JAPONICA ‘Halliana’
FAMILY :: CAPRIFOLIACEAE
HALL’S HONEYSUCKLE, JIN-YIN-HUA: Called the “silver and gold flower” in China, this hardy, easily grown evergreen vine or ground cover has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 1500 years. “Hall’s” variety was developed in New York in 1862 by George Hall as a more vigorous variety of this species.
Medicinally, a tea of the flowers is considered febrifuge, astringent, depurative, antidiarrhetic and diuretic. In practical terms, it is widely used in China to treat colds and the flu. As with most honeysuckles, it grows quite well in sun or part shade in relatively moist, acid soil, although it will survive almost anywhere. It flowers all summer with multitudes of very sweetly scented 1½” white turning yellow (or silver turning gold) flowers in pairs along the stem. The black berries are somewhat poisonous.