Ivan writes

Fair enough I saw on the telly that bees are particularly attracted to
honeysuckle and lavender plants, so I went to our local garden centre
and purchased a 'Lonicera americana' honeysuckle which I was informed
was particularly good, at the time I did notice that a couple of the
leaves looked a little suspect (as in photo) but thought that once I
got it into some decent soil with a couple of handfuls of bonemeal (as
seen on TV) everything would be OK, however whilst it still continues
to grow apace the leaves still look far from healthy, whilst the stems
in places appear to have a greyish coating.

That's likely to be mildew. Make sure you keep it well watered in dry
weather - mildew is worse if the plants are stressed by dry soil.

Not sure what's wrong with the honeysuckle. It doesn't look terminal
(you still have a lot of healthy leaves), and it may just have been in
the container for too long (if that's the case, then that is a garden
centre to avoid in the future, if you have an alternative).

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Also a lavender that I purchased at the same time started off
wonderfully but that too now appears to be on the wane with some of the
heads now beginning to turn a brownish colour..


To be honest, I couldn't see much wrong in the picture. How long has the
lavender been in flower? Are you sure it's not just that the flowers are
coming to the end of their natural term?

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Kay