Honeysuckle Ruined?

The "gardener" who helps me a month ago trimmed two of my honeysuckles - and they have not flowered. Is that it for this year or might they flower later?

 

If you consider that most honeysuckles are "trimmed" by a farmer with their hedge trimmers towed behind their tractors that ruthlessly trash everything, leaving jagged split branches and shoots yet the following year the honeysuckle is back looking and smelling beautiful: so unless your gardener chopped it up, stamped on it and rubbed salt into its remains, it should recover quite rapidly. Joking aside, I'm sure it will be fine

 

I cut mine down to the ground last year as it has never flowered well, and had got very straggly looking , it`s growing again still no flowers, I will try and keep it in bounds this time,

 

Did not think you could really hurt a honeysuckle unless of cours you stomp on it, dig it up etc.
If it does not bloom this year it will the next year. I have one that has been trained to embrase the deck railing, blooms twice a year and entertains hummers. There are dometic honeysuckles which are easier to contain, just have to read up on the plant.

 

I doubt you'll see flowers this year, your 'gardener' should have known better than to have pruned it at this time of year.

 

Hmm, I think much depends on the variety? Do you know what they are?

With this year's weather being a bit behind, I wouldn't give up on it flowering later in the season, but I wouldn't guarantee it either.
Have you fed it since it was trimmed back?
Plus, just how much of a trim was it given, because that could make a difference?

 

I can not really advise
I have one honeysuckle twenty years old, that never flowers
Then one alongside four years old that has an abundance of flowers?

Do honeysuckles have male and female plants ?

Jack McH

 

I wouldn't worry either - two years ago and (allegedly) by mistake, 'the men' putting up a new fence for my neighbour, very neatly sawed through my honeysuckle leaving nowt but a thick 'stick' about 30" tall sticking out of the ground (yes, neighbour did offer to buy a replacement since we both enjoyed its flowers tumbling over the fence). It's taken it (and us) a while to get over the shock, it's had a lot of growing back to do, but yes there are flowers on it.

So I'd say, if it flowered before there's a better than average likelihood it will again.

 

No, the flowers have both Male and Female parts.

 

I can't back this up, but I have a feeling they flower less if they are better fed. Ones I've seen growing in the wild and doing well have to compete with trees and established hedges for nutrients.

From what I've seen (again, not backed up), you get either lots of flowers or lots of foliage, but not both at the same time.