Mmm, honeyberries!
Those are called Kamchatkas around here and they are one of the earliest fruit in the garden. Tasting just like wildforest blueberries but ripening in late May to early June. The kids love them!
The main problem we have with that bush it's that it grows very slowly and during a very narrow window in the growing season. Once the really hot weather in June starts, the bush stops growing.
We have had 2 honeyberry bushes for the last 3 years. They came in a container and they will not taller than 20 cm. The first year they didn't grow at all or maybe just a few centimetres. The second year they grew maybe 20 cm and gave a couple of fruit. Last year they grew another 20 centimetres and gave us a handful of fruit. This year we gathered about 3 handful of fruit and the growth is consistent.
In the meantime we have started rooting life branches of the plant by burying them under a pile of soil. This way we managed to get two new plans last autumn. This year husband is piled soil on four more branches. In the long run we hope to have at least five different varieties and at least 20 producing bushes.
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Those look great. You say they taste like blueberries? great. The name honey berry is enough for me to try. haha
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Wow - never tasted one of these. Where is "around here"? Which country and which part? LOL... Clearly somewhere northern hemisphere, right?
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Hm you guys make me question myself, had to check with hubby! So he said the Lonicera caerulea is wide spread in North America and he learned about the plant from USA bloggers! I will share a photo of the harvest later!
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We call them Hascaps where I live and the university developed a number of different varieties some don't grow very tall and others will get much taller but they are bushes, not trees so they will never grow that tall. I love that they give that early fruit and are so hardy! Good idea to propagate them with layering. Perhaps one day they will grow enough and you can create enough new plants to offer them in your Homesteaders Coop store! ---
In Eastern Europe there are plenty of varieties too! A friend has a bush that is almost 2 meters tall, it requires a small bucket for all the fruit it gives!
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