Lonicera caerulea ‘Berry Blue’
Lonicera caerulea 'Berry Blue' is a haskap or honeyberry selected for its high production of large, tart berries.
Lonicera caerulea, known as haskap or honeyberry, is a super hardy zone 2 shrubby honeysuckle that produces tasty cylindrical blue fruits high in vitamin C that taste like a combination of blueberry and raspberry that can be eaten fresh or used for pies, jams, jellies, and other desserts. ‘Berry Blue’ offers high production of large, tart berries. It also makes a good pollinator for ‘Aurora’, ‘Borealis’, and ‘Tundra’ and vice versa as haskaps need to be pollinated by a different clone, all of which will bear fruit. Fragrant, yellow, tubular, spring flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Honeyberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae (The Honeysuckle Family)
Zone Hardiness: 2-9
Light: Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: Blue
Benefits: Hummingbirds Butterflies Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Circumpolar and circumboreal often found near wetlands in heavy peat soils but also in mountains and along coasts.
Award: GPP
Geographical Origin:
