Blue Honeysuckle 'Blue Velvet'
- Product number: 822328.1
- Origin: Japan
- Latin: Lonicera caerulea
The blueberry-like fruits of this shrub-like honeysuckle relative have a pleasant, sweet taste (with a slight tang) 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 shrub, over 1.5 m tall, grows best in sun (to slight shade) in almost any moisture-retaining soil and is not very susceptible to disease.
This Japanese variety can be harvested from mid-June to mid-July, making it a late variety for a Honeysuckle berry. The berries have a delicious taste with a special aftertaste of wild strawberries!
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Latin: Lonicera caerulea
Dutch: Honingbes, Blauwe
Also known as: Blauwe Kamperfoelie
English: Blue Honeysuckle
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- Flower colour: White flowers
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Forst hardy
- Origin: Japan
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Lonicera caerulea
- Dutch: Honeyberry, Blue
- Also known as: Blue Honeysuckle
- English: Blue Honeysuckle
