Description
Honeyberry ‘Honey Bee’
Lonicera caerulea ‘Honey Bee’
Zone: 2
Exposure: Full Sun
Mature Size: 7′ high x 5′ wide
Shrub Form: Upright
Foliage Color: Green
Flowers & Berries: Light yellow flowers, large sweet and tangy blue berries
Growth Rate: Moderate
Uses: Hedge, screen, orchard, general garden
Description: Also known as Haskap berries, this honeyberry is a very cold hardy shrub with a dense upright habit. Light yellow flowers appear in spring alongside green foliage. Large, dusty-blue, tart fruit develops in summer.
Ornamental Features: Narrow green foliage throughout the season. Delicate light yellow flowers in early spring mature to large sweet berries ready for picking in early summer. Berries have stronger fruit hold than other honeyberry cultivars, so the fruit stays on the plant longer. Great for eating fresh or making preserves. The taste of the berries is described as a blueberry/raspberry mix.
Landscape Attributes: Very hardy and dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a dense, upright habit of growth. Another variety with a compatible flowering season is required to set fruit. We recommend the cultivar ‘Berry Blue’ Occasional maintenance and best pruned in late winter. Urban pollution tolerant.
