Honeyberry, Blue 'Wojtek'
- Product number: 822332.1
- Origin: Northern Eurasia
- Latin: Lonicera caerulea
The blueberry-like fruits of this shrub-like honeysuckle relative have a pleasant, sweet taste (with a slight tartness) and are eaten fresh (in a dessert, for example) and (for centuries) processed into jam, juice, sauce or compote: very healthy! The berry is elongated and frosted blue. The over 1.5 m high shrub grows best in the sun (to some shade) in almost any moisture-retaining soil and is not very susceptible to disease.
The (Russian) cultivar ‘Wojtek’ yields a reliable harvest of medium-sized fruits on rather large plants. They ripen quite early: around the first week of June. Plant this together with another cultivar because cross-pollination gives the best fruit set.
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Latin: Lonicera caerulea
Dutch: Honingbes, Blauwe
Also: Blauwe kamperfoelie
English: Sweet Berry Honeysuckle, Haskap
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- Flower colour: White to pale yellow flowers
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Forst hardy
- Origin: Northern Eurasia
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Lonicera caerulea
- Dutch: Honeyberry, Blue
- Also known as: Blue honeysuckle
- English: Sweet Berry Honeysuckle, Haskap
