Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea
The earliest fruit of the year and unfazed by hard frost; just remember it won't crop unless you plant two different varieties.
Lonicera caerulea, commonly known as honeyberry or by various honeysuckle names, is a non-climbing honeysuckle native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Water need
- Medium
- Mature height
- 1.5 m
- Maintenance
- Low
- Hardiness
- USDA 2–7
- Layers
- shrub
Functional roles
Pollination & soil
Needs a second, different, compatible variety to fruit.
- Soil
- medium/loam
- pH
- Neutral, Acid
Tolerant and extremely hardy.
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
When: Softwood cuttings summer / hardwood autumn
Extremely hardy, earliest fruit of the year. Plant two for pollination.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.