Honeysuckle planted with feet in vinca - not thriving, what to do?

[BewareTheBeardedDragon]

I planted a honeysuckle near the house, trained up the fence, two years ago with intentions of lovely scent wafting all summer. Thus far it has failed to produce more than a dozen or so flowers and some very leggy growth. I have another honeysuckle at the end of the garden, which is a mile a minute during the growing season and looks v bushy right now in prep for warmer times.

The house honeysuckle has its feet planted in thick vinca. Is this the problem?

Should I either a), move honeysuckle, b) try to get rid of vinca, c) just clear the vinca back from the honeysuckle a bit (what I did when I planted it so prob not the best), or d) leave it and in its third year the honeysuckle will take off...?

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Honeysuckle does take a while to be a lush climber. They are tough plants. I’d give it a slight prune to thicken up the growth.

It's probably a different variety. Some are much more vigorous than others and take a while to get going. It could be that, or it could be that the soil or location isn't to its liking. I wouldn't have thought the vinca is making any difference really.

Thank you - I thought they were t
Tough which is why I initially thought it was ok to Leave the vinca in situ when I planted it. I was worried in case the competition was too much for it. It is definitely a more finicky variety than the toughie at the end of the garden, which I'm fairly sure is the variety which is growing vigorously wild throughout the park behind my house. This one, near the house, as a particularly highly scented one bought at reasonable expense. Maybe I'll go for option d then, and give it one more summer to settle in and see if that does it. If not I may then have to move it I guess.

When I had a honeysuckle that was like that, it wasn't getting enough sun. Is the one that's doing better getting more light and sun? The fact this one is leggy suggests it's trying to grow to the light.

No, it's in full sun almost all day long. It probably doesn't get much ground water in the summer, though I have been watering it the last two years.