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Honeysuckle in a pot
Mark A L Roberts
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Hi. im attaching a picture of an ever green honey suckle I planted as a small plant at the end of last year. As you can see it's probably the most rampant plant I've ever met!
I've already repotted it once (current pot size is 50cm x 40cm) and now I'm not sure what to do.
will it be ok to leave it?
Should I re-pot again into the biggest pot I can find?
im happy with the plants current size but I don't want it to die!
Thanks 
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Yes ....... the biggest pot you can find ............ or even build a big raised bed along the wall.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Read on the forum somewhere that honeysuckles aren't good for containers - is that because of a large root system? I have many in raised beds and they are doing ok. I'm wondering if they need a lot of feeding.
Honeysuckles need deep cool root runs which is why they don't often do well in containers ... raised beds are better because their roots can reach down then spread out and as long as the raised beds are big enough, and kept well watered they do better
I give mine Fish Blood and Bone in the early spring and some clematis food a bit later in mid April/early May and as long as I keep them well watered they seem happy and flower well.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove.
Thanks for the suggestions. In the end I got a large reclaimed timber planter from eBay. hopefully it will stand the test of time
That looks good ... just make sure the soil is damp but not boggy
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.