Lonicera caerulea Blue Hokkaido (Late Blooming)
Lonicera caerulea Blue Hokkaido is a late blooming variety that is very popular in Japan with very large, sweet/tart, dark blue 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. Blue Hokkaido (‘Chistose #6’) is a late blooming variety that is very popular in Japan with an upright growth habit and very large, sweet/tart, dark blue berries that are crisp and flavourful. Fragrant, yellow, tubular, spring flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Plant with another late blooming variety for cross pollination. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Honeyberry - [Fall Citrus Pre-Order]
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
Bloom Time: Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
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: Asia - China and Japan, North Central and Eastern Asia
