A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 Honeysuckle Question

Hi please let me begin by saying I am new to this site. And honestley I am not an avid gardener. But I do need some help. I will start from the begining. We have two honeysuckle vines. One day we noticed they were covered and I mean covered with afids. I sprayed them with some spray I had that kinda helped but then the afids were back in full force if anything a little worse then before. I then used sevin spray (that said it was ok to use ) and it killed the afids but also had a really badd affect on the vine. All the leaves and blooms have since fallen off. I guess my question is what support can I give this vine so it doesn't totally die? I have used miricle grow and water as needed. But other then that I would appreciate any suggestions you could give. Thanks!

you might want to trim back some of the damaged vine...the less the plant has to worry about nourishing at the moment the better.

i use ortho brand orthonex spray for aphids (the stuff is also good for a variety of bugs and fungi on numerous plants/shrubs).

I have trimmed off the dead edges. There are a couple new leaves now that's why I thoguth there was still hope. I will try ortho next year and take some prevenative measures to avoid this again.

honeysuckle is a pretty hardy plant...some attention over the next month or so and it should bounce back just fine.

you might want to get a hold of some of that spray...the aphids can reappear.

i just found a TON on one of my roses again. i'd treated it last month and had to treat again...

I haven't found a honeysuckle vine that I could kill yet! I cut one back, dug it up, and moved it a month ago. And, today I cut another one way back, practically to the ground, so I could install a new arbor. It'll probably recover fine.