Lonicera caerulea Blue Mist (Late Blooming)
Lonicera caerulea Blue Mist is a late blooming variety producing abundant, large, tasty fruit with a nice sweet/tart flavour combo.
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 Mist (‘6-2’) is a late blooming variety with an attractive spreading form with dark green, velvety foliage. The abundant fruit are very tasty and large with a nice sweet/tart flavour combo. Fragrant, yellow, tubular, spring flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Plant with another late blooming variety for cross pollination. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Honeyberry - [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
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:
