The plant in the photo is not Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, which is native to N America. It appears to be a cultivar of Lonicera peryclimenum, a European species, but it should still be hardy in your zone. It woud be happier in the ground than in container. But is there soil by the pillars?

Yes, there's soil beneath the shells. I put her in the ground this afternoon.

Yes, I plan on taking good care of it. I got it years ago on sale at the end of the season but I had it in another spot. It was very young. I hope it likes its new home. It'll get good afternoon sun as it faces west.

Are you expecting it to climb the white porch posts? They look to be a fair distance away to train them to the posts and as Flora said, you will need some kind of support for that.

ETA: That rod you have for hanging pots is brilliant!

Yes I'm going to train them by adding supports to get them started along the posts. I was thinking of using vintage wooden ladders for this or boat orrs to guide them. That's the plan.

The oars won't work. Honeysuckle doesn't twine happily around plain large poles. They need something more complicated like trellis or the ladders you suggest. It's not a case of 'starting them off'. They will need support the whole height of the pillars, unless you tie them in regularly.

Yes I was afraid the orrs won't be enough. I will use something else to get them there. After which I will tie them as they grow on a regular basis. Thanks for the advice.

I haven't decided whether or not to plant both. Waiting for the other to bloom so I can be sure what variety it is. If I do plant it I will train it to grow over to the right side of the covered porch. Says they can get to 20 feet. Don't want to have them criss cross eachother.

If it's L peryclimenum 20 feet would be a very big specimen. They get very tangled if not pruned so 12 - 15 or feet is about average. It's native here and wild unpruned plants don't get much taller then that.

Good to know. I'm okay with it only growing to 15 ft Max. I'm using the PlantNet app to identify the type but I only have the leaf to go on, no flowers yet. I'm waiting for a flower to help to know what kind it really is. The flower on the one I planted was identified as coral but some say otherwise.

I say otherwise. If your plant app said coral I am afraid it is wrong. They often are. If you Google the two scientific names I gave above you will see the differences in the flowers. Furthermore, sempervirens is evergreen/semi evergreen and not fragrant. It has perfoliate leaves immediatly behind the flowers and the trumpet does not flare. Periclymenum is deciduous, although it does leaf out very early, and is highly scented.