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Lonicera caerulea
These attractive, arching and mounding bushes grow quickly to between 2’-6' tall and wide, depending on variety. Small, creamy yellow, funnel-shaped flowers appear in February or March and develop into delicious, teardrop-shaped, light blue fruit that ripens around May. The soft and powerfully-flavored berries contain high amounts of ascorbic acid and bioactive flavonoides, and the flavor is like a tart/sweet blueberry crossed with blackberry. Wait until the inner flesh has turned purplish before picking - berries turn blue on the outside before they fully ripen, and sweeten the longer they hang on the bush.
New to America, but widely grown in Russia, Japan and Canada. Unexpectedly disease and pest resistant, too! Raintree offers both early and late-blooming cultivars that perform well in both cold climates and in the moderate Pacific Northwest. For those with spring weather that alternates between warmth and unexpected freezes, select late-blooming varieties. Plants prefer full sun in cooler summer areas, and morning sun in warmer regions, and well-draining soil. Select two different varieties, that bloom at the same time, for cross-pollination. USDA Zones 2-8.
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$23.99Blue Moon Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis 'Blue Moon' This late-blooming variety will become a very attractive, low mounding shrub. Blue Moon has soft, velvety...
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$23.99Blue Velvet Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis 'Blue Velvet' A late-blooming cultivar that grows to 3'-4' tall and wide. It has unusual greyish green, velvety leave...
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$23.99Blue Pacific Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis 'Blue Pacific' From the East Coast of Russia, this attractive variety features a compact spreading form, light green ...
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$23.99Berry Blue Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis 'Berry Blue' A productive, tasty, early-blooming variety with an abundance of light blue fruit. It is best suited to ...
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$23.99Blue Bird Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea edulis 'Blue Bird' An early-blooming variety that's reliably productive, offering a tasty abundance of light blue fruit in May. T...
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$23.99Blue Belle Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Berry Smart Belle' Blue Belle blooms early and bears good crops of large, oval, deep blue, tasty berries on a 5'-6' bush with a ...
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