Lonicera caerulea 'Zarnitsa' Lightning - Early Honeyberry
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Lonicera caerulea 'Zarnitsa' Lightning - Early Honeyberry
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in late 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
- 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
- cultivar selected for its good crops of tasty, sweet-tart, blue berries
- soft velvety leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive spreading 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 4-5 feet tall and 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
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in late 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
- 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
- cultivar selected for its good crops of tasty, sweet-tart, blue berries
- soft velvety leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive spreading 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 4-5 feet tall and 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 'Zarnitsa' Lightning - Early Honeyberry
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in late 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
- 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
- cultivar selected for its good crops of tasty, sweet-tart, blue berries
- soft velvety leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive spreading 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 4-5 feet tall and 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
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in late 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
- 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
- cultivar selected for its good crops of tasty, sweet-tart, blue berries
- soft velvety leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive spreading 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 4-5 feet tall and 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
Lonicera caerulea 'Zarnitsa' Lightning - Early Honeyberry
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in late 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
- 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
- cultivar selected for its good crops of tasty, sweet-tart, blue berries
- soft velvety leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive spreading 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 4-5 feet tall and 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
- also known as Haskap
- hardy deciduous multi-stemmed edible fruiting shrub
- inconspicuous fragrant yellow blooms in spring
- blooms in late 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
- 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
- cultivar selected for its good crops of tasty, sweet-tart, blue berries
- soft velvety leaves in pairs do not develop significant fall color
- attractive spreading 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 4-5 feet tall and 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
