PlantsFruits & Berries
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Very early blue fruit, if you plant two varieties
ModerateFruits & BerriesAlso Shrubs & VinesEdible
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 4–6 ft
- Spacing
- 4–5 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Apr; fruit Jun
- How it spreads
- Shrub
- What to buy
- Two cultivars that bloom together.
- When to plant
- Plant April.
In the design
Also called haskap. One bush will not fruit. They handle Chicago cold better than a lot of fruit. Birds will find them the same week you do.
If you eat it
Ripe blue fruit
Know which bush you planted. Don't eat a random honeysuckle berry.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
