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Lonicera caerulea 'Aurora'


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Lonicera caerulea 'Aurora' is a haskap or honeyberry selected for its high production of large, sweet berries.


Description:
Lonicera caerulea, known as haskap or honeyberry, is a super hardy zone 2 shrubby honeysuckle that produces tasty cylindrical blue fruits high in vitamin C that taste like a combination of blueberry and raspberry that can be eaten fresh or used for pies, jams, jellies, and other desserts. 'Aurora' was selected by the University of Saskatchewan for its high production of large, sweet berries. It also makes a good pollinator for 'Borealis', 'Berry Blue', and 'Tundra' and vice versa as haskaps need to be pollinated by a different clone, all of which will bear fruit. Fragrant, yellow, tubular, spring flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Deer resistant.


Common Name: Honeyberry

Family: Caprifoliaceae (The Honeysuckle Family)

Zone Hardiness: 2-9

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Height: 4-6'

Width: 2-3'

Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow

Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream

Class: Deciduous

Type: Shrub

Bloom Time: Spring

Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

Berries: Yes

Berries: Blue

Benefits: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Circumpolar and circumboreal often found near wetlands in heavy peat soils but also in mountains and along coasts.

Award: GPP

Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia

Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia

Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan

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