Borealis Honeyberry #1

Other Names:  Sweetberry Honeysuckle

Description:

An interesting hardy shrub with clean foliage and delicious bluish-purple berries that are edible; dense growing habit, must have another honeyberry variety for cross pollination; selected for better fruit production and higher yields

Edible Qualities

Borealis 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

Borealis Honeyberry features subtle white 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.