Lonicera caerulea Blue Velvet (Late Blooming)
Blue Velvet is a unique variety with greyish-green, velvet-like foliage on broadly spreading plants with tasty fruit.
Description:
Lonicera caerulea, known as haskap or honeyberry, is a super hardy zone 2 shrubby honeysuckle that produces tasty cylindrical blue fruits high in vitamin C that taste like a combination of blueberry and raspberry that can be eaten fresh or used for pies, jams, jellies, and other desserts. Blue Velvet ('Kiev No 8') is a unique variety with greyish-green, velvet-like foliage on broadly spreading plants that will reach 3-4 feet high and 5-6 feet wide. The fruit is large and tasty. Fragrant, yellow, tubular, spring flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Plant with another late blooming variety for cross pollination. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Honeyberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae (The Honeysuckle Family)
Zone Hardiness: 2-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 2-4'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Circumpolar and circumboreal often found near wetlands in heavy peat soils but also in mountains and along coasts.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia
Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan
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