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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I may be, as the title suggests, pissing in the wind here, but do any of you lovely fabbers know how to deal with a snapped honeysuckle that has also pulled part of trellises off a wall? There's a fair bit of dead undergrowth as well which needs cut away. Google has came up with conflicting advice (surprise surprise), one place saying cut back/down to 1ft in winter and other is saying prune in spring?

Any advice is greatly appreciated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cut half back now and half in Spring. That way if one way is wrong you still have half a bush.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Cut half back now and half in Spring. That way if one way is wrong you still have half a bush. "

I only just recently got a set of 2000 lights put on it this year

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

We just leave our honeysuckle apart from keeping it tidy and stopping it taking over the wisteria. I'm no Percy Thrower but in your position I'd tidy the dead undergrowth (is any of it green when you cut into it?), repair the trellis and sort out the broken end of the honeysuckle. It's remarkably sturdy in my experience. I bet it looks fantastic with the lights.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"We just leave our honeysuckle apart from keeping it tidy and stopping it taking over the wisteria. I'm no Percy Thrower but in your position I'd tidy the dead undergrowth (is any of it green when you cut into it?), repair the trellis and sort out the broken end of the honeysuckle. It's remarkably sturdy in my experience. I bet it looks fantastic with the lights."

Normally it just gets trimmed and trained a little as not to get into guttering etc. No, totally dead, I've been tackling it bit by bit as it's on front of house and trying not to have lots of patchy gaps. It did last year, but just not enough lights

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Cut it back it will regrow much better for it x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Cut it back it will regrow much better for it x"

That's what I was hoping. Does time of year matter for this? x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford


"Cut it back it will regrow much better for it x

That's what I was hoping. Does time of year matter for this? x"

Not for something as hardy as honey suckle it will soon b back up the trellis x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Cut it back it will regrow much better for it x

That's what I was hoping. Does time of year matter for this? x

Not for something as hardy as honey suckle it will soon b back up the trellis x"

Fantastic. Gonna see what if I can get it looking alright with lights on for now then

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford


"Cut it back it will regrow much better for it x

That's what I was hoping. Does time of year matter for this? x

Not for something as hardy as honey suckle it will soon b back up the trellis x

Fantastic. Gonna see what if I can get it looking alright with lights on for now then "

My honey suckle has seeded around the garden so have more have potted them up and passed them to friends! The summer evening smell is divine x

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


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I've never had a Honeysuckle but according to Mr Google, Honeysuckle is a plant that is sometimes called “woodbine.” The flower, seed, and leaves are used for medicine. ... Honeysuckle is also used for urinary disorders, headache, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. Some people use it to promote sweating, as a laxative, to counteract poisoning, and for birth control.

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