{"id":2142,"date":"2020-11-24T09:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardendad.co.uk\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2020-11-24T09:20:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:20:52","slug":"why-is-my-honeysuckle-not-flowering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardendad.co.uk\/why-is-my-honeysuckle-not-flowering\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is My Honeysuckle Not Flowering?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honeysuckle\u2019s foliage is beautiful, trailing and attractive – but the flowers are something else. The delicate scent evokes spring and summer, and they are especially delightful in the early evening. So you have planted your honeysuckle<\/a> and you are looking forward to the flowering season. But what to do when my honeysuckle is not flowering, I hear you cry?<\/p>\n

You read this article and figure out why, then follow the tips on how to encourage blooms on your favourite climber!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s so great about honeysuckle flowers?<\/h2>\n

\"What\u2019s<\/p>\n

Honeysuckle flowers are very beautiful; they are a lovely interesting shape, and they come in a large variety of different colours – from pale pink to yellow, and shades of pink and mauve.<\/p>\n

The most wonderful thing about honeysuckle flowers is the smell – it is evocative and delicately floral, and is especially noticeable at dusk. Perfect for sitting in the garden with a nice cold drink on summer evenings!<\/p>\n

Honeysuckle flowers are not only attractive to humans – bees love them, and will help to pollinate the other plants in your garden.<\/p>\n

Honeysuckle flowers also produce berries, which make a great winter food for birds<\/a> when the blossoms die back, so you should always leave a few on the vine to create winter bird food.<\/p>\n

This video talks about a few of the different types of honeysuckle there are, and the shows you the huge variety in their flowers:<\/p>\n