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Growing Honeyberries: Hardy Fruit Bushes to Add to Your Garden
24.07.2024 - 14:06 / savvygardening.com / Tara Nolan
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Years ago, I was introduced to honeyberries (known to me as haskap berries) via a delicious jam from the province of Saskatchewan. Little did I know back then that growing honeberries is pretty easy. Though it’s not a fruit commonly known in North America, the shrubs thrive in most of the U.S. and Canada—even Alaska—and make a beautiful garden addition. Once established, the plants can produce for 30 years or more.
With a flavor that can be described as a cross between a blueberry and a raspberry—with a bit of a zing—honeyberries are versatile and delicious additions to a landscape. Also called haskaps (as I know them), blue honeysuckle, and sweet berry honeysuckle, you might be able to guess that honeyberries (Lonicera caerulea) are a member of the honeysuckle family. The blue, spindle-shaped honeyberry grows on attractive, deciduous, perennial bushes. In this article, I’ll share some cultivation and care tips, as well as how to harvest ripe honeberries.
What is a honeyberry?The honeyberry has a thin skin, like a blueberry, and tiny seeds, like a kiwi. With a deep-blue color, it has more vitamin C and antioxidants than even blueberries.
These oddly shaped perennial berries are among the easiest to grow in northern regions. The earliest-maturing haskap berries ripen even before spring strawberries. By early summer, you’ll have flexed your kitchen creativity, as their plentiful production means you’ll have enough for making jams, juice, wine, syrups, and more.
The best climates for growing honeyberriesYou’ll find success growing honeyberries in USDA zones 1-8. As plants native to the boreal forests of Asia
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