At first I thought it was a deficiency (when they were mainly yellow) and I feed it Seaweed fertilizer, both as foliage feed and when watering. Over the last weeks the leaves on my Honeysuckle turn yellow, and fall. This disease is caused by a fungus and is most likely to affect your plants just after warm spells of weather. I already cut back the bouganvillea and I guess I'll have to do the honeysuckle as well. Its on its last chance anyway as last year got frost in the middle of the plant so I cut it back really hard, This year it seemed to be a lot stronger until it got to a certain height now all the bottom leaves are turning yellow and brown and falling off. It is a mistake, I think, to believe that this plant (Tecomaria sp.) Why is the foliage of my Honeysuckle turning brown/yellow and the leaves are falling before the flowers have started to bloom? Prevention is the best thing, but refrain from removing sunburned leaves until the end of summer since they provide protection for the leaves underneath. The shrub which is several years old, lives in a container . The leaves of the honeysuckle will begin to yellow or darken between the leaf veins or along the margins of the leaf. According to Flower and Garden Tips, some varieties of honeysuckle (Cape honeysuckle) are evergreen, and retain their bright green leaves through winter. It’s available at any box store in our area, often for less than $5 for a gallon-sized plant. soon I wont have any leaves on the bottom half of the plant. I'm in Tucson and I've got the same damage to my cape honeysuckle and bouganvillea. This can be identified by brown spots on the leaves. United States . Planted them about 3 months ago in Oct. Are they getting too much or too little water? This disease will cause many leaves to die during the summer months. On narrowed-leaved evergreens, such as arborvitae, hemlock, fir, pine, spruce, and yew, scorch injury begins from the needle tip progressing inward. Flower blight is a very common disease to affect a number of plants, including Jasmine. We live in the west valley of Arizona. is truly a honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.). I planted my honeysuckle last autumn and has grown well this year, however the leaves are now yellowing and falling off, it is regularly watered and recently fed with chicken manure. When severe, half or all of the needle may turn brown. It can be pruned to a tree-like shape as it matures. Non-evergreen varieties (Lonicera halliana) drop their flowers and leaves in fall, but maintain their strong woody stems through winter to rebloom in spring. I really HATE to use any pesticide, so maybe I'll just see what happens just by cutting them back. Sunburned leaves occur most often on the plant’s outer growth on the south-facing side, where the sun’s rays are the most intense. By Newtogrowing. Leaves on the same branch often show similar symptoms but an entire plant may not be uniformly affected. My cape honeysuckle plants are yellowing and losing leaves. yellowing leaves which turn brown and drop off. Cape honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis) is an evergreen climbing shrub from South Africa that is very quick to establish, turning walls and fences into luxuriant bowers of green.Its orange flowers are a hummingbird magnet and add a tropical splash of color to any landscape. How to treat it. The following questions were asked by visitors who viewed this page: Cape Honeysuckle Leaves Wilt Turn Brown And Die; New Guinea Impatien Are Getting Fewer And Smaller Blossoms And Leaves Are Turning … It has the common name of Cape Honeysuckle only because the flowers somewhat resemble a honeysuckle blossom, but the Cape Honesuckle is more of a hard stemmed, non-twining shrub. Over time, leaves can become completely brown in color and wither when the leaf scorch is a severe enough case. Now they also have those brown/grey spots. They eventually turn completely brown and start to fall off. Hi my honeysuckle is doing exactly the same.