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Honeysuckles Browning Leaves
ommthree
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Hi All,
I have two honeysuckles in pots on my balcony. One is a Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' and the other is a Lonicera × purpusii 'Winter Beauty'. Both are getting brown leaves in places. The latter started first, and now the former is following suit. Does anybody have any idea why, and whether there's a cure?
They're both in pots on the balcony and are otherwise growing strongly. The periclymenum did get underwater and went a bit floppy on one occasion and now some of the leaves seem permanently limp. Other parts seem vigorous however.
Any help gratefully received!
Pictures:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131308917@N04/17550365219/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131308917@N04/17550371239/in/dateposted-public/
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Honeysuckle aren't best grown in pots, they like a cool deep run in moist soil. Keep the pots shaded and well watered, a good drench once a week. Trouble is pots dry out quite quickly and honeysuckle can be thirsty, so keep the potting mixture moist and soil based. I wouldn't worry too much about the browning, but it is a sign of stress so don't let the pots dry out in the first place.
My thoughts exactly Dave. Best in the ground - hard to keep them going happily in pots.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks. I don't have a choice about the pots, but I'll give them more water!
I grow my Honeysuckles in pots and plan to move them up to quite large terracotta ones soon. I had a problem with browning leaves last year and at one point I thought one of them was going to die. At the time, though, they had been ripped from their supports on three separate occasions (not by me) and were not happy, obviously. I had to cut them right back and I really didn't think they'd come back. But they did and so I decided to pot them on to try and cheer them up. Since then they've been happy and healthy, and this year they're coming back with quite a vengeance!
Maybe try potting on?
Thanks Blue Dragon. Good thought, but they only went into those pots when I bought them in the autumn. No more of the growth has gone brown, and the new growth looks healthy. So I am cautiously optimistic.
Maybe it it just a bit of stress then. They do seem to stress easily. Are you feeding them?