About Yezberry Solo

Abundant yields of plump, sweet fruit. Fruits well without a pollenizer, but yields and fruit will be larger if Yezberry Maxie is planted nearby. “Yez” refers to the northern Japanese island now called Hokkaido.

“Unlike blueberries, the color of haskaps does not indicate their ripeness. The fruits turn blue as early as two to three weeks before they are ready to be picked, at a crucial time when the sugars are accumulating in the fruits. Those picked too early will be quite sour, but those picked when they are ready will fall off in your hand and are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.” Source

About Honeyberry

Yellow flowers in early spring turn into tangy-sweet tubular blue fruit often compared to blueberries, but in pairs with crimson flesh and quadruple the level of anthocyanin and triple the antioxidants. Requires two varieties that bloom together for pollenization, planted within 100’. Retains flavor fresh, frozen or dried. Acclimated to the winters of Russia, Japan, and Canada and accepts a wide range of soil. Protect from rabbits in winter. Also called haskaps, meaning “many fruits on branches,” by the Indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido.

Pot Size & Price
4-in. deep pot
$11.00
Height
5'–6'
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun Partial Sun
Catalog
F049
Plant Traits
Bees
Culinary

Other varieties of Honeyberry

Lonicera Boreal Beast, long blue berries in a white bowl
Photo from the University of Saskatchewan

Boreal Beast

Catalog
F050
Lonicera Boreal Beauty, long blue berries in clusters growing on a bush
Photo from Jeffries Nursery

Boreal Blizzard

Catalog
F051
Yezberry Maxie, blue down-facing fruit
Photo from Proven Winners

Yezberry Maxie

Catalog
F048