Peaches & Cream Honeysuckle Vine

Peaches & Cream is the garden name for the CAPRILIA® Imperial honeysuckle, cultivar 'Inov86'. Its fragrant flower clusters open from carmine-red buds, lighten to cream, and turn yellow as they age; flowering is concentrated in June and July. The vine is deciduous, medium-growing, and has dark green foliage. [SAPHO variety profile](https://www.sapho.fr/gb/climbers/17-lonicera-periclymenum-caprilia-imperial-inov86.html) ## Site and Size Grow it in full sun or partial shade and provide a trellis, wall, or pergola for the twining stems. SAPHO lists a mature height of 2–3 m and width of 2 m. Moist, well-drained soil is suitable; the RHS profile lists chalk, clay, loam, or sand. [RHS Inov86 profile](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/288063/lonicera-periclymenum-inov86/details) ## Maintenance Train new stems onto their support and prune after flowering. The RHS describes its glossy red berries as ornamental and not for eating. The US plant patent identifies the selection as 'Inov86' and describes the plant as a honeysuckle vine. [USPP21839](https://patents.google.com/patent/USPP21839P2/en)