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Honeysuckle
jxp1966 honey
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Why does my honeysuckle keep doing this, it grows new stems all nice and green then a few months later the new leaves all go brown and fall off. Am I not watering it enough, which I do twice a week.
Could it pot bound?
Or could it be that the trellis is to tight?
it is flowering which is amazing! Please help
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What kind of trellis is it? The picture is very close to see. I have to admit, you are brave to grow Honeysuckle in a pot. I'm always hearing roots need to be really deep, cool and moist too, and growing from a pot will be a challenge.
I agree with Borderline ... very few honeysuckles are happy in a pot, even if it's a large one. They're woodland and hedgerow plants who want their roots tunnelling down into the cool shady damp soi.l and their faces in the sunshine ......... it's very hard to provide that in a container. I wouldn't try ... M
Mine are on a north facing fence with a deep cool root-run and I've been giving them a couple of buckets full of water two or three times a week and the soaker hose for a couple of hours in between.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a Honeysuckle problem on another post, I also have some leaves going brown and dry, others covered in black splotches, but this one IS in dampish soil, part shade, head in the sun, HOWEVER I have 2 which were here when we moved in, which are planted each side of an arch, in those shallow plastic window box planters, are both 2 metres tall, the only thing we have done is put shingle on the soil, to retain moisture, they are scented and gorgeous. The one thats playing up is Halls Prolific..I water daily. Have since (this spring) planted a Japanese Red World in a pot, its doing OK thus far,.
I have been (reasonably) successfully growing a climbing honeysuckle in a pot for thee years now. It's a Lonicera periclymenum.
It does struggle a bit as the season wears on, and the very top is prone to go droopy, but it flowers well and grows bigger each year. What I have found over the years is that the obvious things of a big pot and a lot of water do make a difference - and that means watering every day when it's warm. It has got a lot of plant to sustain!
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