Lonicera caerulea 'Honey Bee' - Midseason Honeyberry
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Lonicera caerulea 'Honey Bee' - Midseason Honeyberry
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in midseason for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator*
- overlapping bloom times mean early, early-mid, and midseason cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates
- fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month
- this cultivar has a lightly tart taste
- honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring!
- berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves
- fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well
- this cultivar was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its mildew resistance and pollinator suitability in combination with Borealis, Tundra, and the Indigo series
- this cultivar has large berries, and is a prolific producer!
- this cultivar tends to hold on to its fruit and is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, but may be suitable for bush-dried fruit and positioning as a guard row against birds to protect other bushes from berry loss
- green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge
- this shrub is not prone to send up suckers
- this cultivar has an upright growth habit, taller than its like-blooming peers
- great in full sun to part shade
- needs well-drained soil
- grows 5-6 ft tall by 5 ft wide
- grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in midseason for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator*
- overlapping bloom times mean early, early-mid, and midseason cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates
- fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month
- this cultivar has a lightly tart taste
- honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring!
- berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves
- fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well
- this cultivar was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its mildew resistance and pollinator suitability in combination with Borealis, Tundra, and the Indigo series
- this cultivar has large berries, and is a prolific producer!
- this cultivar tends to hold on to its fruit and is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, but may be suitable for bush-dried fruit and positioning as a guard row against birds to protect other bushes from berry loss
- green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge
- this shrub is not prone to send up suckers
- this cultivar has an upright growth habit, taller than its like-blooming peers
- great in full sun to part shade
- needs well-drained soil
- grows 5-6 ft tall by 5 ft wide
- grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
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Lonicera caerulea 'Honey Bee' - Midseason Honeyberry
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in midseason for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator*
- overlapping bloom times mean early, early-mid, and midseason cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates
- fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month
- this cultivar has a lightly tart taste
- honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring!
- berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves
- fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well
- this cultivar was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its mildew resistance and pollinator suitability in combination with Borealis, Tundra, and the Indigo series
- this cultivar has large berries, and is a prolific producer!
- this cultivar tends to hold on to its fruit and is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, but may be suitable for bush-dried fruit and positioning as a guard row against birds to protect other bushes from berry loss
- green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge
- this shrub is not prone to send up suckers
- this cultivar has an upright growth habit, taller than its like-blooming peers
- great in full sun to part shade
- needs well-drained soil
- grows 5-6 ft tall by 5 ft wide
- grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in midseason for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator*
- overlapping bloom times mean early, early-mid, and midseason cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates
- fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month
- this cultivar has a lightly tart taste
- honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring!
- berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves
- fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well
- this cultivar was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its mildew resistance and pollinator suitability in combination with Borealis, Tundra, and the Indigo series
- this cultivar has large berries, and is a prolific producer!
- this cultivar tends to hold on to its fruit and is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, but may be suitable for bush-dried fruit and positioning as a guard row against birds to protect other bushes from berry loss
- green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge
- this shrub is not prone to send up suckers
- this cultivar has an upright growth habit, taller than its like-blooming peers
- great in full sun to part shade
- needs well-drained soil
- grows 5-6 ft tall by 5 ft wide
- grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
Lonicera caerulea 'Honey Bee' - Midseason Honeyberry
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in midseason for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator*
- overlapping bloom times mean early, early-mid, and midseason cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates
- fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month
- this cultivar has a lightly tart taste
- honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring!
- berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves
- fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well
- this cultivar was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its mildew resistance and pollinator suitability in combination with Borealis, Tundra, and the Indigo series
- this cultivar has large berries, and is a prolific producer!
- this cultivar tends to hold on to its fruit and is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, but may be suitable for bush-dried fruit and positioning as a guard row against birds to protect other bushes from berry loss
- green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge
- this shrub is not prone to send up suckers
- this cultivar has an upright growth habit, taller than its like-blooming peers
- great in full sun to part shade
- needs well-drained soil
- grows 5-6 ft tall by 5 ft wide
- grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in midseason for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator*
- overlapping bloom times mean early, early-mid, and midseason cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates
- fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month
- this cultivar has a lightly tart taste
- honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring!
- berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves
- fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well
- this cultivar was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its mildew resistance and pollinator suitability in combination with Borealis, Tundra, and the Indigo series
- this cultivar has large berries, and is a prolific producer!
- this cultivar tends to hold on to its fruit and is not suitable for mechanical harvesting, but may be suitable for bush-dried fruit and positioning as a guard row against birds to protect other bushes from berry loss
- green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge
- this shrub is not prone to send up suckers
- this cultivar has an upright growth habit, taller than its like-blooming peers
- great in full sun to part shade
- needs well-drained soil
- grows 5-6 ft tall by 5 ft wide
- grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
