Question
Hello,

I have a honeysuckle vine, which I purchased in a 1-gallon pot a little more than five years ago.   However, it has not ever flowered.  It is growing nicely and has lots of vines, but I really expected that it would have flowered by now.  Is there a male

Answer
Hi Peggy,
Thanx for your question.  Honeysuckles (lonicera) have hermaphroditic (both male and female) flowers so the non-flowering issue isn't about the sex of the flowers.  If you are fertilizing it, I would stop as this has a tendency to increase green growth at the expense of flowers.  By 5 years, the vine should have bloomed.  Do you know what type of honeysuckle you have?  I have never had a honeysuckle vine that didn't grow profusely and bloom profusely.  Also, if the vine is shaded too much, this will decrease or prevent blooming.  The vine likes direct sunshine for sustained periods.  I have some honeysuckle in the shade and it hardly blooms at all.  I hope this helps.
Tom