Lonicera caerulea 'Indigo Treat' - Early Honeyberry
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Lonicera caerulea 'Indigo Treat' - Early Honeyberry - formerly known as '9-91' cultivar - also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub - inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring - blooms in early season for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator* - overlapping bloom times mean very early, early, and early-mid cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates - part of the Indigo series, which are sibling cultivars of Borealis and Tundra - fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month - honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring! - berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves - fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well - this cultivar is similar to Tundra but with smaller berries and superior flavor - green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color - attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge - this shrub is not prone to send up suckers - great in full sun to part shade - needs well-drained soil - grows 4-6 ft tall by 3-5 ft wide - grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp - ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
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Lonicera caerulea 'Indigo Treat' - Early Honeyberry - formerly known as '9-91' cultivar - also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub - inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring - blooms in early season for honeyberries, and requires a like-blooming pollinator* - overlapping bloom times mean very early, early, and early-mid cultivars are all likely pollinating candidates - part of the Indigo series, which are sibling cultivars of Borealis and Tundra - fruit tastes similar to blueberries, but ripens earlier by about a month - honeyberries are one of the first berries to ripen in spring! - berry is an elongated edible blue cylinder, good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves - fruit has a tender texture, but freezes well - this cultivar is similar to Tundra but with smaller berries and superior flavor - green leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color - attractive rounded form makes a good landscape shrub; suitable as an edible hedge - this shrub is not prone to send up suckers - great in full sun to part shade - needs well-drained soil - grows 4-6 ft tall by 3-5 ft wide - grows in zones 2-7; requires more chilling hours than zones 8 and up tend to provide, to grow well
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp - ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
* for an up-to-date blooming calendar to identify like-blooming cultivars, I recommend http://www.honeyberryusa.com/honeyberrybloomtimes.html
