The invention relates to a method for seed selection of an excellent honeysuckle flower Lonicera japonica Thunb II variety and is suitable for seed selection of a novel honeysuckle flower variety. The method comprises the following steps of collecting branches of a large chicken feet-type farm-variety plant in the main honeysuckle flower producing area in the Pingyi county of the Shandong province, carrying out irradiation mutagenesis by 15 to 25Gy of <60>Co-gamma rays, carrying out cottage and transplant, carrying out single-plant seed selection of variant individuals, carrying out cottage and transplant to obtain a plant system, and carrying out variety comparison and production test. The novel Lonicera japonica Thunb II plant has a short, thick and straight limb, a large amount of branches, long circle-shaped leaves, sparse and short pubescence at leaf veins and leaf edges, internode length of 2.5 to 7cm, average flower bud length of 4.16cm, a large amount of flowers, a long bud period, compact pier piles, concentrated buds, chicken feet-shaped flowers and an early flowering phase, can be picked easily, and is suitable for close planting. Compared with the original large chicken feet-type farm-variety, the honeysuckle flower Lonicera japonica Thunb II obtained by the method has a honeysuckle flower medicinal material yield improved by 20.2%, chlorogenic acid content improved by 17.95% and galuteolin content improved by 15.20%.