Does anyone know why my honeysuckle won't flower? I have had it for a few years now. It has plenty of foliage and is placed in the south in a well drained sandy soil. If anyone could help I'd be really grateful. Thanks

The point of a climbing plant is that it (generally) wants its roots in good moist soil,, then climbs to the top of the surrounding vegetation (so that it gets lot of sunlight) before flowering. So it may be too dry (in which case it will probably also get mildew in late summer - grey powdery stuff on the leaves). It may just not have realised it's at the top yet. One of mine took ages to start flowering - probably 5 years.

I have had it for about three years so hopefully it will just be a case of it flowering late then maybe, I'm not too sure with those plants actually, a friend gave it to me so I didn't and still don't know all that much about it. Thank you so much for the information, it really helps!

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:29:32 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2010-11-16 10:49:26 +0000, mogga said:

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:40:41 +0000, tabbycat
wrote:


kay;905249 Wrote:
Some slugs eat dead vegetation, some eat live plants, some even eat
other slugs. They are difficult to control; if you haven't noticed
damage to your plants, stop worrying. Trying to eliminate pests ""just
in case" may cause other problems.

Slugs do damage to plants, I use the slug bell,it's efficient and
attractive ( lots of different patterns and colours) it works for a long
time as it's completely waterproof too.

I tried that nemoslug thing and it worked very well.

Halleluia! We have a convert! Yes it *does* work well and I do wish
more peoople would give it a try.

It was really odd using it because there was no slug damage for weeks
and weeks and then slowly I noticed some tiny slugs appearing again...
and realised just how fantastic it'd been. Was incredible to put
squash plants out and not have them eaten!

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