How to Cut Back Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle plants are fast-growing vines and shrubs with trumpet-like blooms that emit a pleasing aroma. Honeysuckle vines are hardy plants that thrive with very little cultivation, making them a popular addition to landscape gardening plans. However, their rapid and abundant growth can crowd out other plants or become unsightly if they are not pruned occasionally. In addition to cultivating a more aesthetically pleasing shape, pruning also produces more blooms the following growing season. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Prune honeysuckle plants in mid to late fall. Although pruning the plants other times of the year does not harm it, fall pruning promotes additional blooming for the next growing season.
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Examine the honeysuckle plant for hardwood and dead sections. Hardwood is a section of the plant stem that is brown and looks like wood, rather than appearing green. Hardwood often occurs in the middle of an otherwise green stem. Use sharp pruning shears to cut off these sections near the base of the plant.
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Use the pruning shears to cut off the longest stems of the plant approximately 1 to 2 feet above the base of the plant. If the plant is excessively overgrown, cut off one third of these long stems.
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Water the plants well the next spring or when the plant begins to grow again. The plant will grow rapidly the spring following the pruning and it needs additional water in order to produce flowers.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't worry about over pruning a honeysuckle plant as they are very hardy and will grow back during the next growing season.
