I have 2 honeysuckles in small windowbox plastic containers, dont know what variety, but they do fine there, last year we put a Hall prolific, round the side, it has flowered pretty much since it went in last year, its shady apart from midday, damp, and going barmy
@Nanny Beach that’s good to know thank you, I am going to give it the best start that I can and keep my fingers crossed! I’m just deciding now wether to place it on the left hand side where it will see the sun or try it on the back panel in total shade.
@Fire∆ unfortunately hydrangeas are toxic to dogs so I dare not have one, his only 10 months old so still very curious and try’s to eat everything! I did look originally at having ivy but that’s toxic too 🙄 I’m hoping that I can get this honeysuckle to work I know my garden has to have a lot of work done before I plant anything as nothing really likes Just been planted, my neighbour told us that there hasn’t been anything living in the ground for years!
Chickadee... I would just plant it where your first preference is, and see how it does from there. Incidentally, these are so easy to grow from cuttings, you could just cut a piece off and stick it in the ground somewhere else, and it won't be long before it takes root. You can even pop a piece in a cup of water indoors and it will root..
So if it doesn't please you in one spot, just stick a piece of it in another and try again..
I keep meaning to get myself another one, as I love these plants. I have a red/white one currently which suffices for now... best of luck, I'm sure it will all look great in a little while..
I suggest planting your honeysuckle on the sunny side as if you put it in shade it will simply head for the sun leaving a tangled mess of non-flowering stems till it gets there.
You could try planting a pyracantha on the shady end. It's a good wall shrub for shade and will give you evergreen foliage, spring blossoms and autumn berries in red, orange or yellow and thus provide colour for you and food and shelter for a wide range of birds and insects. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=431
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Hi Chickadee...I had the same idea as you regarding the 6ft x 2ft x 2ft planters and planting up with Honeysuckle to cover a fence that gets no ( or very little ) direct sunlight.
These were my Honeysuckle just after planting.
I'll take a picture in the morning so you can see how they have progressed in the last 2 years.
@Marlorena thank you for that information I will have a go at taking a cutting when it has settled, I’m looking forward to seeing it in flower apparently it has a lovely perfume and I also get a lot of robins on that back fence maybe they will nest?? I’ve got a robin nest box on the other side of the garden but they haven’t used it yet.
@Obelixx thank you for your suggestion I will definitely go and have a look at that shrub, I did have a honeysuckle in the front garden which had no sun on the base but headed straight up I now know looking for the sun! It didn’t spread horizontally at all just vertically!
@Fire∆ yes that’s correct, unfortunately the back fence sees zero sun, only the top where the trellis is sees dappled sun in the summer and only in the winter full sun still at the top, we are surrounded by huge trees that loose their leaves in the winter.
@glasgowdan that’s good to hear! I will certainly do my best.
@Sheps it was actually your idea that I came across during a frantic search online of what to do! which honeysuckle did you go for in the end? I would really appreciate having a look at those pics thank you so much for taking the time.
Morning Chickadee...here are the Honeysuckle as they look this morning, 2yrs after planting.
The left hand Honeysuckle has grown the best, but gets the least amount of light, whereas the right hand side one gets the most light, but this plant has always looked quite sickly when compared to the other two, even when it was first planted, but I thought I could nurse it back to health.
I would also say that due to the lack of light the flowering period has been very disappointing, with only very small flowers being produced and then dropping after a couple of days, but then maybe I'm not looking after them properly and they need more feeding due to being in planters.
Here are some close ups.
I think they are "Honeysuckle Henryi" if I remember correctly.
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So if it doesn't please you in one spot, just stick a piece of it in another and try again..
I keep meaning to get myself another one, as I love these plants. I have a red/white one currently which suffices for now... best of luck, I'm sure it will all look great in a little while..
You could try planting a pyracantha on the shady end. It's a good wall shrub for shade and will give you evergreen foliage, spring blossoms and autumn berries in red, orange or yellow and thus provide colour for you and food and shelter for a wide range of birds and insects.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=431
To clarify - is that to say that the whole fence below the trellis doesn't get any direct sun at all at any point during the day?
Also to note that the sun's angles also moves a lot during the year.
These were my Honeysuckle just after planting.
I'll take a picture in the morning so you can see how they have progressed in the last 2 years.
@Obelixx thank you for your suggestion I will definitely go and have a look at that shrub, I did have a honeysuckle in the front garden which had no sun on the base but headed straight up I now know looking for the sun! It didn’t spread horizontally at all just vertically!
@Fire∆ yes that’s correct, unfortunately the back fence sees zero sun, only the top where the trellis is sees dappled sun in the summer and only in the winter full sun still at the top, we are surrounded by huge trees that loose their leaves in the winter.
@glasgowdan that’s good to hear! I will certainly do my best.
@Sheps it was actually your idea that I came across during a frantic search online of what to do! which honeysuckle did you go for in the end? I would really appreciate having a look at those pics thank you so much for taking the time.
The left hand Honeysuckle has grown the best, but gets the least amount of light, whereas the right hand side one gets the most light, but this plant has always looked quite sickly when compared to the other two, even when it was first planted, but I thought I could nurse it back to health.
I would also say that due to the lack of light the flowering period has been very disappointing, with only very small flowers being produced and then dropping after a couple of days, but then maybe I'm not looking after them properly and they need more feeding due to being in planters.
Here are some close ups.
I think they are "Honeysuckle Henryi" if I remember correctly.