Honeysuckle cuttings

EzLou · « **on:** January 19, 2008, 10:38 »

Busy little posting thing today aren't I.

I 'stole' some wild honeysuckle and took cuttings way back last spring I think.

I now have 3 rotten sticks - and one with lots of roots on!!!! Hurrah - now what do I do? Left it outside all this time as figured its wild and wouldn't like to be caged - I want to get it in the ground to grow over the arch asap really but should I wait until spring and just plant it - or does it need anything technical...?

splodger · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:46 »

plant it now

gobs · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:48 »

Honeysuckle? Wack it in, when convenient.

If you need more, try layering, but you might find, it will do it for itself.

And stop nicking weeds from the wild! :roll: With your records, too.

Sorry, could not resist. :oops:

EzLou · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:51 »

I'm a hardened criminal mastermind - a product of the system.

gobs · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:52 »

EzLou · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:53 »

Can I really plant it??

is it a weed...?
I'm so green [do you see what I did there]

Hooray - got a winter jasmine thats been in a pot outside all winter - can I plant that too?

Less copffee for me in the mornings I think

splodger · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2008, 10:55 »

Quote from: "EzLou"

I'm a hardened criminal mastermind - a product of the system.

it will all work out in the ezlou

but wild honeysuckle will never be as good as the cultivated varieties.

i took a few cuttings last week actually - of some lovely honeysuckle - but name escapes me - if they all take ok - i'll send you a proper one

WG. · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2008, 11:00 »

Quote from: "splodger"

but name escapes me

Lonicera pedantus no doubt :roll:

splodger · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2008, 11:14 »

Quote from: "WG."

Quote from: "splodger"
but name escapes me
Lonicera pedantus no doubt :roll:

or L.perdanticus :roll:

gobs · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2008, 13:52 »

Lonicera Japonica I have. No 'us' at all.

EzLou · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2008, 10:30 »

Did I post this in wrong place? Sorry...

The cat had a poo in the cuttings pot and dug up my little cutting - tearing off its tiny roots in the process. Have stuck it in another [smaller than cat bum sized] pot to see what it does.

Trillium · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2008, 17:20 »

Some people really love to have the 'original' cultivar of a species, even insisting that the scent is superior. I've always found that the original gave miserly flowerings only once a year, with loads of greenery I didn't particularly want (the weeds do that overly well). Newer cultivated honeysuckles will give several mass flowerings over the season, be well scented depending on variety and easy to control. You might want to spend a few pounds and get something far more incredible

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2008, 18:13 »

Wild honeysuckle is very vigorous and can grow to 6 or 7 metres. The flowers are lovely smelling but not as dramatic in appearance as the cultivated varieties.

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Honeysuckle cuttings

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