Lonicera etrusca R.I.P.
I got some seed when on holiday in Crete, and have finally given up on it (after about a decade!) It grows and is lovely in flower, but I have got it to do that ONCE - every other year, aphids stop the flowers and shoots developing. Perhaps I would have more if I sprayed heavily with the nastiest sort of persistant insecticide, but I don't want to do that. Merely spraying to eliminate the worst of the aphids doesn't help. Heaven alone knows why. L. x tellmanniana was as bad when it didn't get significant sun, but it (and this) get a fair amount of sun - and it is only L. etrusca that is hopeless. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Lonicera etrusca R.I.P.
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Lonicera etrusca R.I.P.
wrote in message ... I got some seed when on holiday in Crete, and have finally given up on it (after about a decade!) It grows and is lovely in flower, but I have got it to do that ONCE - every other year, aphids stop the flowers and shoots developing. Perhaps I would have more if I sprayed heavily with the nastiest sort of persistant insecticide, but I don't want to do that. Merely spraying to eliminate the worst of the aphids doesn't help. Heaven alone knows why. L. x tellmanniana was as bad when it didn't get significant sun, but it (and this) get a fair amount of sun - and it is only L. etrusca that is hopeless. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Nick, try the form etrusca superba, it is much stronger plant than the type, most of the other forms of this are indeed hard work in the UK -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
Lonicera etrusca R.I.P.
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Charlie Pridham wrote: Nick, try the form etrusca superba, it is much stronger plant than the type, most of the other forms of this are indeed hard work in the UK Thanks. I will if I want another honeysuckle, but I like growing things from holiday-collected seed! However, sometimes you have to decide that things just aren't going to work. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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