Anyone got any idea why the common name of this is French Honeysuckle?

I've grown it from seed a couple of times, and seen it in several gardens.
But as far as I am concerned (and others I have asked) it has no scent at
all - not even that slight scent of honey which quite a few plants have.

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Jeff
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On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:21:26 -0700, Jeff Layman
wrote:

Anyone got any idea why the common name of this is French Honeysuckle?


Sulla.

In article , (Jeff Layman)
wrote:

Anyone got any idea why the common name of this is French Honeysuckle?

Some plant names don't make a lot of sense? Or whoever named it attached more significance to
some feature other than the scent? Or he was a marketing man? :-)

I've grown it from seed a couple of times, and seen it in several gardens.

I'm having a second try at it. Last time, it got bad powdery mildew. I did have it in very dry
soil though.



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