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What plant is this?
Colin M
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I am very inexperienced at gardening. I have a plant in a pot that hasn't flowered this year although it has previously. The plant climbs a trellis behind it fastened to the wall. It has never been pruned
I have attached some photos. Please can anybody identify the plant and tell me how to get it flower?
Thank you.
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Hi Colin,
It's a honeysuckle and it's probably run out of food. You need a much bigger pot than that to keep a honeysuckle happy. The ground would be better and something else in the pot
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Nutcutlet,
Thank you for your help. Putting it in the ground isn't an option for me but a bigger pot certainly is. What should I feed it? and how often? Would it help to prune it? If so, how hard and when?
So many very basic questions, but I do appreciate the help.
Don't hesitate to ask any question here Colin. There's usually someone with an answer
Someone will answer the feeding question but I don't grow things in pots long term so I don't know.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Not something I'd put in a pot ideally Colin, but if you have no choice, try and emulate it's natural conditions.
I'd use a soil based compost, add a bit of blood, fish and bone when you plant it, perhaps add a bit of leaf mould or well rotted manure for bulk, and keep it well watered. A mulch of bark, or something similar, to help retain moisture will help too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...