Description
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.
