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Pruning a honeysuckle
LLM
Posts: 52
Hi everybody,
I have an overgrown honeysuckle as you can see in the images. I am looking for advice of how to prune this. Ideally I would like to keep as much of the climber, however as it is top heavy it might need to be culled!
Thank you in advance!
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Hi LLM - they're pretty robust so you can usually hack back hard without any issue - in fact, it often benefits them. You could probably wait a month or two, even though most of us have had a mild winter. That way, the weather should be relatively decent and new growth won't be affected by severe weather in any way. A tidy up round the base and a general feed, water and mulch will also give it a good 'new' start.
Is that an evergreen one though? I've never had one of those, but I think they're fine too. Someone else will know for sure
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had the same question about my evergreen late last year! Link below. I plan to commence the hacking late Feb
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/what-do-i-do-with-this-monster/989530.html