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naomi.gaffneynaomi.gaffney Posts: 24
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I am wondering why my Honeysuckle has not flowered this year nor last year. I planted it about 3 years ago-the leaves look healthy enough.
thank you

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,854
    edited July 2020
    That is a flower in the lower middle part of your top photo.   

    Have you ever fed or watered it?  It's been a very dry spring in most areas so it may be thirsty and this favouring foliage over flowers.  Try giving it a dollop of rose or tomato feed to encourage flowers and a few good big daily bucketfuls of water poured slowly so it soaks in deep to the roots.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • maureenmcdermott93maureenmcdermott93 Posts: 1
    I've just bought a honeysuckle and planted it but it looks quite weak today
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,854
    Water?  New plants need a good soaking before planting and anything planted this time of year needs regular and frequent waterings till the autumn rains set in.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,695
    @naomi.gaffney I planted a honeysuckle three years ago and not a sniff of a flower for the first two years and suddenly it has started flowering now. As @Obelixx stated you have got a flower on yours so hopefully you will have many more. I think there is a thread on here where others have had to wait a few years for theirs to flower. So you are not alone.
    This is mine now. 



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