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Honeysuckle mildew problem

Hi all, I bought a honeysuckle at Hampton Court this year and planted in an open area with good air circulation against a wooden fence. Although it has put out some climbers and has flowered well and now has red berries, I have been battling mildew by yvette303

03/10/2012 16:34:41

by yvette303

Honeysuckle lonicera

I can do to encourage flowering? Honeysuckles can take a while to get established before they flower, sometimes a couple of years. Mine are always covered with mildew resulting in leaf drop and poor flowering. Is it to do with our climate being more by Miggywiggy

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28/06/2012 16:33:23

by Miggywiggy

Honeysuckle

It looks like a nasty case of mildew, which can be caused by the honeysuckle being too dry at the roots, or too much rain. Try spraying with one part milk to nine parts water every two days until the greyness is gone. The yellow leaves by Nik Zuk

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04/07/2012 13:12:19

by Maud is in the garden

very sad looking honeysuckle

help - I was looking forward to my honeysuckle covering my arch - but no - I think it has mildew, the leaves look furry and eventually drop off. Is it too dry or too wet, and can anything we done about it? The weather has been too wet and humid. You by dudsybabe1

14/07/2012 15:03:49

by dudsybabe1

There's Something In My Soil

black spot. There was no need to get rid of them. Honeysuckle - it probably has mildew. Again, it needs to be sprayed regularly to keep it under control. It is also important to make sure that its roots are kept moist, as dryness will encourage mildew by Rushie

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16/06/2012 16:33:49

by Dovefromabove

Non-flowering Honeysuckle

the honeysuckle) might get powdery mildew - but that's just one of the things you have to put up with occasionally in order to get those glorious blooms and sensational perfume on summer evenings - but you'll have to wait until next year. Oh, you might want by lorrainespooner

17/08/2012 12:56:19

by lorrainespooner

Powdery mildew

Pam x Do make up a fresh spray every time, or it'll smell like a rancid one This sounds like what is attacking my Honeysuckle. Is that possible. As you might have gathered I'm a novice gardener ...... but very keen Yes, it'll be mildew. If it gets a by lilylouise

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10/07/2012 18:49:48

by LORELEI

New roses for old

and at this time every plant becomes covered in powdery mildew and I end up having to cut off almost all of the leaves. When the buds flower they only last about a week and they always seem too heavy for the spindly thin stems. Consideration for the previous by Naki

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18/06/2012 09:24:30

by Paul N

What is your kind of garden?

interest . I have shrubs, trees and evergreens as the mainstay and climbers , a rockery and a patio with allsorts in pots . I 've got a trellis around the patio and grow annual climbers to ring the changes amongst the honeysuckle etc. so a bit of a mishmash by Gardening Grandma

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02/08/2012 22:33:40

by hilaryjones1

June in Your Garden!

foliage. so, being a pusillanimous equivicator...... and my reward? a forest of six foot canes each witrh a single flower at the tip and for the first time ever-mildew. that's it. it's over. we are through, finished, done- he is out of here. otherwise what by Wintersong

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03/07/2012 18:45:07

by donutsmrs

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