The Best Time to Trim Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vine
Blue-green foliage and a profusion of tubular coral-scarlet flowers provide seasonal interest on the hybrid Brown's honeysuckle vine cultivar Dropmore Scarlet. Fast-growing, it blooms from summer to frost, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. From time to time, the vine must be trimmed. Does this Spark an idea?
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Function
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Trimming this semi-evergreen vine removes dead or broken stems and helps control the size of the plant. Since flowers develop on current year's growth, trimming encourages branching and production of more flowers.
Time Frame
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Trim back long, unkempt stems or remove finished clusters of flowers across the summer and early fall months with hand pruners. Trimming usually reduces branch length to make the overall plant look tidier and to cause dormant buds to grow and produce more flowers two to four weeks later.
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Insight
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If the Dropmore Scarlet honeysuckle vine grows too tall or large for your garden or tends to look weedy and overgrown, plan on an annual rejuvenating pruning each early spring. Cut back all vine stems to 12 to 18 inches tall and allow the plant to regrow with lush new foliage and stems with flowering by midsummer.
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