Most Fragrant Honeysuckle Varieties. Lonicera japonica, L. caprifolium are the most commonly used for medicinal purposes. One of the fragrant honeysuckles (Lonicera standishii) is an exception, tolerating considerable shade without a significant decrease in flowering.
The shrub varieties which include the popular nitida 'Baggesen's Gold' AGM and purpusii 'Winter Beauty' AGM can be used both as hedging and ground cover plants.
Perhaps this is why honeysuckle oil is a common aroma enhancer in many consumer products like shampoos, deodorizers, perfumes and lotions.
Most honeysuckles are best left to clamber, but early flowering varieties, such as L. caprifolium, benefit from a prune after flowering. Honeysuckles are beautiful and fragrant plants that grow in the form of bushes and vines. Also L. villosa or American honeysuckle.