Please tell me when to prune it, and how! Mine has shot up as far as the bedroom window. Growing through an old Albertine, and starting to swamp it. Do I cut some stems, or all? Do I cut them in half, or to short stumps, or down to the ground? When should I do it? Everything on line about it seems to be US facts sheets about it being a native plant; one such sheet says "coppicing" which I presume means cut the whole thing to the ground. But WHEN??
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Hi nutcutlet. I think it could be Lonicera ledebourii.
Thanks Ladybird, I thought it might be that and then changed my mind for some reason.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Its a beautiful plant.
I love it, it's getting a bit swamped between a bamboo and one of those purple weigelas. I'm having the weigela out, don't like it.
The bamboo can stay, I'll just cut some stems out
In the sticks near Peterborough
Looks similar to mine. Does it have berries after the flowers?
Yes, I think all the Loniceras do that though.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ah think mines lonicera involucrata
That's a nice deep colour ice
In the sticks near Peterborough
Its pretty but was huge. Its had a brutal haircut (you can see the stump cut off in background) and still sprung back as big!
Please tell me when to prune it, and how! Mine has shot up as far as the bedroom window. Growing through an old Albertine, and starting to swamp it. Do I cut some stems, or all? Do I cut them in half, or to short stumps, or down to the ground? When should I do it? Everything on line about it seems to be US facts sheets about it being a native plant; one such sheet says "coppicing" which I presume means cut the whole thing to the ground. But WHEN??