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Non flowering Honeysuckle
Tetley3
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Hi Folks
I have a 10ft Evergreen Honeysuckle against a south facing wall It is about 5/6 years old. It has an abundance of healthy green foliage, but never flowers! Please, can somebody advise me, how I can remedy the problem. I have cut it right back, fertilised it, topped with mulch and planted another Honeysuckle near it hoping for pollination. Nothing has worked.
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Against a south-facing wall? My guess is that it's too dry. My honeysuckles have been flowering much better since I installed a soaker hose along the bottom of the fence where they're planted, and they're on the north-facing side and are in shade for a lot of the time.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you so much Verdun. I Shall give it more water, and hopefully we may see some flowers.
Dovefromabove, Thank you for the advice. Think I may invest in a soaker hose too.
Got nothing to loose. keep you posted.
Hi, just read this thread, I had same problem. i have a few HS around garden, neither flower well. so Should I have pruned before now?
if so, by how much?
no idea what names the HS are
I don't do a routine pruning - only cut back the long reaching tendrils when there's no where for them to go.
At this time of year a good dose of Fish, Blood and Bone will help, and has been said plenty of water in the summer.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.