Honey Bee Edible Honeysuckle Home Page Some moderate resistance to fireblight

Some moderate resistance to fireblight

sometimes fruiting one year after planting

Plant breeders wanted to produce a fruit hardy enough to withstand the severe winters of the northern Great Plains

Good for sauce and baking

Known since 1794

Honey Bee Edible Honeysuckle Home Page Some moderate resistance to fireblightLonicera caerulea var. edulis The fruit of this bush is a blue, teardrop shaped berry with very tiny seeds (like a blueberry). The fruit is tart, but tasty and useful for jams and jellies. These are the earliest plants in the nursery that leaf out, flower, and set fruit. Cedar waxwings adore them and so do bumblebees. The bush is not climbing, and not invasive. It reaches a height of about 6 ft. Requires a pollinator of another variety. A more upright