Honey Bee
$2.99
In StockUpright with vigorous growth habit. Medium branching structure and develops a dome shape crown. Tart to sweet / flavoursome berries.
Qty | Price |
1-49 | $9.95 |
50-99 | $6.65 |
100-499 | $5.45 |
500-999 | $4.65 |
+1000 | $3.95 |
Description
Overview:Â Launched in 2012. Tart to Sweet/flavoursome berries. Selected to be pollinator for Borealis, Tundra and Indigo series.
Origin:Â Russian parentage
Plant Size and Shape:Â Width 5 feet x Height 5 feet. Upright with vigorous growth habit. Medium branching structure and develops a dome shape crown
Productivity:Â 8 pounds in fourth or fifth grow year
Needed Pollinator:Â Any other unrelated Honeyberry cultivar blooming at a similar time. UoS recommends – Indigo Gem, Aurora and Berry Blue
Harvest Window:Â Mid season within general mid June to mid July window
Other harvest notes:Â Harvest at Brix of 15 plus. Machine harvestableBerry Size: 2.5 cm (about 1 inch plus)
Shape:Â Long oval and boxy – berry shape 3
Stem Scar:Â Dry when ripen
Hardiness:Â Zones 2-4, 3-7 in the East coast, 5-9 in the West coast, 2-7 in central part of North America
Chilling Hours required:Â 1,000 to 1,200 plus hoursFlowers bloom:Â April
Soil pH:Â Tolerates 5 to 7, but ideal 6.4 and Soil type: Natural rich balanced and fungal soil
Planting time:Â Fall preferred
Plant spacing:Â 4 to 5 feet. Avoid aggressive tilling under maturing bushes, as damages the carpet type roots and Row spacing: 10 to 12 feet
Pruning:Â Annual pruning not required. After 10 years of fruiting consider cutting back the central woody stems to about one and a half feet
Origin:Â Russian parentage
Plant Size and Shape:Â Width 5 feet x Height 5 feet. Upright with vigorous growth habit. Medium branching structure and develops a dome shape crown
Productivity:Â 8 pounds in fourth or fifth grow year
Needed Pollinator:Â Any other unrelated Honeyberry cultivar blooming at a similar time. UoS recommends – Indigo Gem, Aurora and Berry Blue
Harvest Window:Â Mid season within general mid June to mid July window
Other harvest notes:Â Harvest at Brix of 15 plus. Machine harvestableBerry Size: 2.5 cm (about 1 inch plus)
Shape:Â Long oval and boxy – berry shape 3
Stem Scar:Â Dry when ripen
Hardiness:Â Zones 2-4, 3-7 in the East coast, 5-9 in the West coast, 2-7 in central part of North America
Chilling Hours required:Â 1,000 to 1,200 plus hoursFlowers bloom:Â April
Soil pH:Â Tolerates 5 to 7, but ideal 6.4 and Soil type: Natural rich balanced and fungal soil
Planting time:Â Fall preferred
Plant spacing:Â 4 to 5 feet. Avoid aggressive tilling under maturing bushes, as damages the carpet type roots and Row spacing: 10 to 12 feet
Pruning:Â Annual pruning not required. After 10 years of fruiting consider cutting back the central woody stems to about one and a half feet