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Getting rid of "lonicera-periclymenum-serotina"

mawallace44mawallace44 Posts: 60
in Problem solving
WE planted one of these in June and it's already getting out of control - as quickly as we cut it it grows - I know learn that it could grow up to 8 m high - it's against a 2m fence panel!

Apart from the fact is was missold - I want to get rid of it.

What's the best way - to kill it with weedkiller and the dig it out - or just go for chop an ddigging up

How far will the roots have gone since June?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Cut back and dig out. It won't be that difficult if it's only been there a few months. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Can you show us in picture form what out of control looks like? It's a honeysuckle how bad can it really be? 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sounds like just what I need for my pergola!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Serotina is a gorgeous honeysuckle ... out of control in a few months?  I don’t understand it 🤷‍♀️ 
    We have one against the usual 6’ fence ... perfectly controllable, covered with flowers every year, home to a Robin family and a wren. 

    We need a photo so we can see what’s gone wrong ...

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • mawallace44mawallace44 Posts: 60

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That is perfect ... the growth it put on this year will be covered with wonderfully perfumed flowers next May/June ... after that you can take the shears to it if you wish to clip it back a bit ... then it’ll make new growth that will bear the flowers the following year. 

    I know it has grown a bit since you planted it, but it only puts on new growth in the couple of months after flowering so it’s easily controlled. 

    Panic not and enjoy 🐝 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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