Lonicera Species, Giant Burmese Honeysuckle

I planted one of these about 40 years ago and it grew quickly to cover a trellis that is 15m high (between top and bottom storeys of the ...Read Morehouse. Quite showy and fragrant and much admired by passersby. It was pruned last fall and sadly went into shock (although it survived many such prunings over the years). I am tempted to cut back all the dead branches, and see if it will spring back to life. Would love any advice.

We have two of these, which until this winter covered about a 20 foot fence in our side yard. This winter we had six nights in a row of ...Read Moretemperatures in the 20s (very unusual in our coastal climate) and they froze back pretty hard. I pruned them back heavily this spring (they needed it anyway), and at least one of them now has new leaves growing in a number of places.

Mine like lots of water; given that and a little all-purpose fertilizer, they seem to thrive. Other than pruning to manage their enthusiastic growth, they require little care, and produce a sweet scent that perfumes the whole garden during their long blooming season.