Re: Honeysuckle vine

Jeaa1224@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 06/15/2000 10:09:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
> McKendrySmith@mbnet.mb.ca writes:
>
> << Does anyone have experience with Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle? >>
>
> Hi again, Leslie:
>
> I've had to remove mine as they got a botrytis disease. I don't use chemicals
> on the property, but as a last ditch effort I did try some systemic fungicide
> two springs, one dose each time, without luck. I didn't have the heart to
> treat them more often due to my aversion to chemicals.
>
>  The i.d. on mine was made by the tip die back...it turns a blackish color
> and shrivels back. The vines looked great each spring and the disease wasn't
> apparent until they were thinking about blooming.
>
> My info came from The Chicago Botanic Garden and they also advised not to
> replant Lonicera vines in that bed.
>
> Hope this helps and that you can rule this disease out. I adored them and to
> this day haven't found a replacement that I like as much.
>
> Joanie
> North of Chicago
>
>
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Joanie - your advice on Lonicera Dropmore Scarlet is helpful to me too.  I bought
3 plants labelled Dropmore Scarlet which turned out to have an orange bloom
(which I didn't like much) and shrivelling, black tips . I thought mine had
aphids and treated it last year with regular Safer soap treatments and garlic
chives planted around its base,  but that gets to be a drag (particularly if you
don't like the plant and it doesn't help anyway).

I welcome suggestions of vines I might replace it with.  It grows on a trellis
about 12 feet wide and 7 feet high.  The trellis was originally built against a
shed  so the lonicera got very limited light.  Then the shed fell down and was
replaced elsewhere and I have this elegant trellis which will look beautiful on
both sides.  One side (newly exposed) is fairly sunny and walls in a new, small
patio.  The other is very shady and is the third wall of a courtyard garden.
There is another wall of the courtard which is also a trellis with sweet autumn
clematis happily crawling upit.

Anyone have some ideas?

Nancy S, deGrazia (NW of CHICAGO - 5a)


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