Honeysuckle
Hello everyone, I grew a honeysuckle in a pot, up a trellis. I want
the honeysuckle to stop at the top of the trellis. As it grew I wove it back and forth to fill it out all the way up - THEN just as it was looking really lush it started dying from the bottom up -this was in the space of a couple of months. ANy ideas? Too wet/too dry. I was sad.... Any help much appreciated. |
Honeysuckle
In article , Katy
writes Hello everyone, I grew a honeysuckle in a pot, up a trellis. I want the honeysuckle to stop at the top of the trellis. As it grew I wove it back and forth to fill it out all the way up - THEN just as it was looking really lush it started dying from the bottom up -this was in the space of a couple of months. ANy ideas? Too wet/too dry. I was sad.... Any help much appreciated. Honeysuckle likes its roots moist, but that is easier to find in the shade of bushes. But then honeysuckle needs sun, so it climbs to the top of the bush to get it. So it's natural tendency is bare stems at the bottom, lush growth at the top, and all the flowers facing the sun on your neighbour's side ;-) -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
Honeysuckle
This makes me think of a Leylandii hedge I say some time ago.
The hedge had had the top cut out to about 10 ft, and the whole thing had been taken over by Honeysuckle which had filled the empty top. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
Honeysuckle
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:51:05 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote: This makes me think of a Leylandii hedge I say some time ago. The hedge had had the top cut out to about 10 ft, and the whole thing had been taken over by Honeysuckle which had filled the empty top. We stayed in a hotel, near Pylos in Greece, which had a row of date palms between the hotel and the beach. The owner had planted geraniums in the bark. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
Honeysuckle
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:51:05 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote: This makes me think of a Leylandii hedge I say some time ago. The hedge had had the top cut out to about 10 ft, and the whole thing had been taken over by Honeysuckle which had filled the empty top. We stayed in a hotel, near Pylos in Greece, which had a row of date palms between the hotel and the beach. The owner had planted geraniums in the bark. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
Honeysuckle
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:51:05 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote: This makes me think of a Leylandii hedge I say some time ago. The hedge had had the top cut out to about 10 ft, and the whole thing had been taken over by Honeysuckle which had filled the empty top. We stayed in a hotel, near Pylos in Greece, which had a row of date palms between the hotel and the beach. The owner had planted geraniums in the bark. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
Honeysuckle
Hello Katy,
Have you examined the stems near the base? Could slugs/snails have eaten through? Could it be vine weevils? You'll have to look deep in the soil for these. My only hopeful thought is that there are surviving basal shoots at crown level, from which new growth will sprout. Otherwise you could try taking cuttings if there's enough healthy top growth left. Spider Katy wrote in message m... Hello everyone, I grew a honeysuckle in a pot, up a trellis. I want the honeysuckle to stop at the top of the trellis. As it grew I wove it back and forth to fill it out all the way up - THEN just as it was looking really lush it started dying from the bottom up -this was in the space of a couple of months. ANy ideas? Too wet/too dry. I was sad.... Any help much appreciated. |
Honeysuckle
Hello Katy,
Have you examined the stems near the base? Could slugs/snails have eaten through? Could it be vine weevils? You'll have to look deep in the soil for these. My only hopeful thought is that there are surviving basal shoots at crown level, from which new growth will sprout. Otherwise you could try taking cuttings if there's enough healthy top growth left. Spider Katy wrote in message m... Hello everyone, I grew a honeysuckle in a pot, up a trellis. I want the honeysuckle to stop at the top of the trellis. As it grew I wove it back and forth to fill it out all the way up - THEN just as it was looking really lush it started dying from the bottom up -this was in the space of a couple of months. ANy ideas? Too wet/too dry. I was sad.... Any help much appreciated. |
Honeysuckle
Hello Katy,
Have you examined the stems near the base? Could slugs/snails have eaten through? Could it be vine weevils? You'll have to look deep in the soil for these. My only hopeful thought is that there are surviving basal shoots at crown level, from which new growth will sprout. Otherwise you could try taking cuttings if there's enough healthy top growth left. Spider Katy wrote in message m... Hello everyone, I grew a honeysuckle in a pot, up a trellis. I want the honeysuckle to stop at the top of the trellis. As it grew I wove it back and forth to fill it out all the way up - THEN just as it was looking really lush it started dying from the bottom up -this was in the space of a couple of months. ANy ideas? Too wet/too dry. I was sad.... Any help much appreciated. |
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