honeysuckle help please, anyone?
Hiya folks,
I planted a honeysuckle back in very early spring and whilst it has grown really well it is extremely leggy. It has just four stems and each one is about 5-6ft in length. Can I cut it right back now and will it grow much stronger? I'd like it to bush out more. I'm not sure how old the plant is but I got it from a garden centre so I am guessing it is maybe a year old?? Thanks in advance Gail |
honeysuckle help please, anyone?
tom&barbara wrote: Hiya folks, I planted a honeysuckle back in very early spring and whilst it has grown really well it is extremely leggy. It has just four stems and each one is about 5-6ft in length. Can I cut it right back now and will it grow much stronger? I'd like it to bush out more. I'm not sure how old the plant is but I got it from a garden centre so I am guessing it is maybe a year old?? Do you have a spring flowering one or summer flowering one? My spring one got really ugly around August - it got terribly wet then very dry and that did it for it and it was around 7 years old. I pruned it hard late august and it sprouted again. Late flowering ones should be pruned in spring. If you then keep pinching the tips, it will bush out. However remember that the late flowering one flowers on previous year's branches. |
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