A lovely surprise awaited me on the allotment this weekend – beautiful honeysuckle growing in the hedge. This is actually growing at the bottom of our garden which backs on to our allotment. It has entwined itself up the hedge and trees but is only really visible from the plot. I love the bright colour of the flowers and its heady fragrance.
Honeysuckle has long been associated with superstition. In Victorian times it was grown around doors and gates to ward off witches and evil spirits. I hope we don’t have any of those on the allotment site. It was also supposed to induce pleasant dreams and lift your spirits which is why it must be used today in herbal and aromatherapy pillows. 
Whatever folklore has to say about it, I just love to have it in the garden.
I just love the scent of honeysuckle. Yours is a different variety than I see normally, with that deep pink. Today I was walking briskly toward a taxi stand and kept smelling a lovely scent and then I looked up and saw linden flowers. Ah….
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Linden flowers? Now that’s not familiar to me.
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These were actually Basswood, which is the American tree, but Linden trees do blossom, have a lovely scent, and I think are used for cordials and summer drink infusions, but not recently and not by me…
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Beautiful. I don’t think anything else smells as sweet.
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Always smell and look wonderful and loved by the bees 🐝 s x
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Yes, handy position too. Right by the allotment.
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And now I want to make a pillow using honeysuckle to have the fragrance all year long! On walks, my mom used to have us break the end off a single flower, and slowly pull out the center to taste the drop of honey-tasting nectar that would be there. I may still do this from time to time.
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Funny how so often memories seem to be linked to smell.
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I’d love a honeysuckle in my garden. Might have to keep my eyes open for one 🙂
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Good idea – go for it. Low maintenance once it gets going.
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Pam, you okay? Haven’t heard from you in a while.
Melinda
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