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Yezberry® MAXIE™

Size: 2 Quart Pot
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Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99
Original price
$29.99
$29.99 - $29.99
Current price $29.99
SKU D721Q

Lonicera caerulea 'Kuchi' 

Grow a berry bush with serious flavor—not just a boring hedge! Yezberry MAXIE™ Japanese haskap (aka honeyberry) honors breeder Dr. Maxine Thompson and gives cold region and maritime gardeners an easy treat in earliest summer. With a tangy flavor that's like a raspberry with a bit of earthy blackberry, when the berries are dark blue through-and-through is the time to enjoy them. Yezberry is a newer category of honeyberry from an exclusively Japanese subspecies from Hokkaido (formerly called Yez Island), and these late-blooming varieties match up reliably with each other. Plan to buy them in sets for heavier yields!

Pair with any other variety of Yezberry for reliable pollination. Yezberry is developed for slightly warmer regions than most haskaps, and is better suited for cool maritime locations. Bushes tend to go into early dormancy when temperatures are consistently above 86F, so not for hot summer climates. Can prefer afternoon shade in long-summer regions.

Hardy to USDA Zone: 2

Mature Height: 5’- 6'

Sun: Full Sun to Afternoon Shade in Warmer Areas

Ripening Time: Early Summer

Pollination: Requires a different Yezberry variety planted nearby.

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AABigRick
Excellent large plant for the price

My Maxie Haskap was in good condition when it arrived and much larger than I expected for the price. Probably 2-2.5 feet tall. Plant was root bound so Ill take one star away. Excited to see what happens.

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M. H.
nice plant

Got this plant early spring. it was a good healthy plant with a good root system and healthy foliage. I put it in the ground right away and it kind of struggled for the first month and a half. Then it settled in and is doing well. We had some mid 90s weather in august. I expected it to go dormant as many people say hascaps do over 85 but it did not. It has pun on a good first summers growth and is still going well. It has met my expectations. I also have a Solo that is doing almost as good.