"Ian Macdonald" wrote in
:

Thanks to all of you for your thoughts. I'll put up with it for the
rest of this season but will move the pot into the shade ready for
next year and hope that the plant responds more favourably.

I find that my honeysuckles like to be cut hard back. Only problems I've
ever had with them have been when I've left them to get overgrown. They
seem to like to be cleared back to the main stems every few years.

If in doubt, chop!