Professional Growing Information Produces large tangy haskaps. Easy to care for, survives -30C winters with tons of snow.
Yezberry® Solo™ Japanese Haskap Lonicera caerulea
Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
- Sun
Flower Season
- Early Spring
- Spring
- Summer
Mature Size
Height: 5' - 6'
Spread: 5' - 6'
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Details
Features
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Truly tasty fruit in your own backyard!
Yezberry® Japanese haskaps are an easy-to-grow, super delicious fruit for everyone. Yellow flowers appear very early in spring (we'll bet it's the first thing to bloom in your yard each year) and give way to plump blue fruits in early summer. Berries are sweet enough to eat straight from the stems, or can be made into sauce, jam, or desserts. This tough shrub grows well in sun or part shade, and isn't fussy about soil: any type and even any pH level will do. Yezberry haskaps are extremely cold tolerant. Yezberry® Solo will bear fruit without a pollinator, but gets larger and more numerous berries when planted alongside another Yezberry® Japanese haskap variety.
- Large, sweet edible fruit
- Easy to grow
- Very cold hardy
Produces BerriesDeadheading Not NecessaryResists:DeerNative to North AmericaSmall or MiniatureCharacteristics
Plant Type:ShrubShrub Type:DeciduousHeight Category:MediumGarden Height:60 - 72 InchesSpacing:60 - 72 InchesSpread:60 - 72 InchesFlower Colors:YellowFoliage Colors:GreenFoliage Shade:GreenHabit:MoundedContainer Role:ThrillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunLight Requirement:SunThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBlooms On:Old WoodBloom Time:Early SpringHardiness Zones:3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7bWater Category:AverageUses:Good for ScreeningUses:Mass PlantingUses Notes:PLEASE NOTE: To produce berries, you'll need to plant another Yezberry® variety as a pollinator.
Maintenance Notes:Plant so that each shrub gets plenty of air and sunshine to ensure best growth and pollination for fruit set. If plant needs pruning, do so after harvesting the fruit. Harvest fruit shortly after it turns from green to blue; taste one for sweetness first and if it is on the sour side, give it a few more days on the vine before harvesting.
Fun Facts:Yezberry® Japanese haskaps are closely related to best-selling Sugar Mountain® sweetberry honeysuckle. However, the Yezberry series was developed from purely Japanese strains of haskap, while the Sugar Mountain series is of Russian heritage. Other differences: Yezberry haskaps bloom a bit later, so they're a good choice for areas that get frequent spring frosts. Yezberry fruits are plumper and rounder than Sugar Mountain fruits, but both are equally tasty and heavy-bearing when it comes to harvest time.
Variety Sweetness Fruit Size Use Pollinator Season Yezberry® Maxie™ Tangy Sweet Largest Fresh
ProcessedAny other Yezberry® Late Yezberry® Solo™ Tangy Sweet Large Fresh
ProcessedAny other Yezberry® Late Yezberry Honey Bunch® Sweet Large Fresh
ProcessedAny other Yezberry® Late Yezberry Sugar Pie® Sweet Large Fresh
ProcessedAny other Yezberry® Late Yezberry® Solo™ Lonicera caerulea 'Kapu' USPP 26,820, Can PBRAF -
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