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The arch over our garden path has fallen over in the wind, probably due to the amount of honeysuckle growing on it. Should I try to pull it back up by banging some posts into the ground and tying the arch to them or, if I cut the honeysuckle right back and build a new (stronger) arch will it regrow?
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Stoat
I'm not bald. I've just got ingrowing hair!
I seem to remember that my mother used to propagate new plants by burying a section of stem in the soil but leaving it attached to the main plant, then when it threw up new shoots from the buried bit, cutting the stem and transplanting what had become a new plant.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Yes and with woody plants it helps to scratch the bark off underneath before pegging it down.
Hi Stoat, the one in our garden was really top heavy and hadn't been cut back for years. We cut it back to about 4 inches from the ground, 2 years later the leaves are bright green and it now produces really strong smelling flowers.
In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence. - Robert Lynd
Well its been cut back now and the old arch is ready to be chucked out. I left the bottom two feet but have got to remove the gate that was attached to it. Now got to build a new one.
The main shame how much Cody (junior 2) has been giggling the last few days when I've had to carry him under my arms to get him through the broken arch when we've been down to let the chickens out!
We've got some tips on climbers here that might be of interest. As for cutting honeysuckle, spring is a decent time for it, as is over winter, though it might take a couple of years to get the best flowering from it again as it flowers from the previous years growth. Hopefully the warm spring will kick it into life and you should get some strong regeneration.
Warden Intern at Otmoor.