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Lonicera Purpusii Winter Beauty

DrumelzierDrumelzier Posts: 42
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Hi everyone - this is my first try at posting on here.  I've just taken delivery of a rather small honeysuckle (10 cm tall).  Would it be best to pot it on a year or two before putting it in the ground - or should I do that straightaway? (Glasgow area.) Thanks in advance.

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Yes, that is what I would do, it's far too small to survive outside, especially in Glasgow (no offence intended!).
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Pot it on - if it's filling the pot. Otherwise, just leave it in the one it's in until spring, and pot on once it's grown a little. You'll be able to plant it out later next year  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DrumelzierDrumelzier Posts: 42
    Thank you all - I'll pot it on then. Its roots already fill the 9cm pot it is in so I'll give it a bigger one and just keep outside somewhere sheltered. Thanks again - lovely to hear from folk. :smiley:
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited November 2021
    That'll be perfect for it  :)
    It'll be fine outside though. Perfectly hardy here, although somewhere out of the worst of weather for the winter. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just watch for little snails stripping the bark from the stems ... they do it to our honeysuckle as well as the clematis around here. 

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





  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
      Would it be best to pot it on a year or two before putting it in the ground - or should I do that straightaway?

     it's far too small to survive outside,

    They are so easy to take cuttings from. 

    Wonderful! It just saved me asking the same question.  Thank you to all.

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Wonderful tiny flowers with amazing scent for winter.
    Does get quite large...make sure you give it space.
    Pics below taken in January.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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