Aurora Honeyberry #1

Other Names:  Sweetberry Honeysuckle, Haskap

Description:

An interesting hardy shrub with clean foliage and delicious bluish-purple berries that are edible; dense growing habit; a perfect companion of Borealis, and others, for cross pollination; selected for better fruit production and higher yields

Edible Qualities

Aurora Honeyberry is a medium-sized shrub that is commonly grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. It produces blue round berries which are usually ready for picking from late spring to early summer. The berries have a sweet taste.

The berries are most often used in the following ways:

• Fresh Eating
• Preserves

Features & Attributes

Aurora Honeyberry features subtle yellow flowers along the branches in early spring. It has green deciduous foliage. The narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour. It features an abundance of magnificent blue berries in late spring.

This is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Aside from its primary use as an edible, Aurora Honeyberry is sutiable for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use
• Orchard/Edible Landscaping