Pacific Northwest Gardening: Plant Doctor, 1 by bonehead

bonehead wrote:
What is wrong with this picture? This is a honeysuckle I have had for years. It generally has no problems whatsoever. This year, it was attacked hard and all the growth has died from the main stems up about a foot. The new growth comes in healthy, but then whatever this disease/bug is, it creeps up. I was going to just hack it all back to nubs, but then thought opening up all those open wounds may only make it worse. Fungus? Bugs? Disease? It is still producing flowers which still smell lovely in the evening...