Name: Blue Sveta
SKU: 1145
Price: 3.49 CAD
Availability: InStock

Description

Overview: The big berries are sweet with attractive flavor. Is to Variety is the this a member of the Happy family
the Origin: Russian. F3 from Lonicera cerulea Turzcaninowii Pojark. BU 1
Plant Size and Shape: Width 5 feet x Height 5 feet. Upright with very vigorous growth habit. Dense branching structure and develops dome shape crown
Productivity: 8 to10 pounds in a fourth or fifth year of growth
Needed Pollinator: Any other unrelated Honeyberry cultivar blooming at a similar time. The Blue Moose and the Blue the Palm
Harvest the Window: the Mid season Within general of the mid June to the mid July window
Other harvest notes: Harvest AT Brix of 15 plus. Machine harvestable Berry Size: 2.0 cm plus (about 3/4 inch)
Shape: Elongated oblong. Berry Shape – 12
Stem Scar: Dry when ripen
Hardness: Zones 2-4, 3-7 in the East coast, 5-9 in the West coast, 2-7 in the central part of North America
Chilling Hours required: 1,000 to 1,200 plus hours Flowers bloom: April
Soil pH: Tolerates 5 to 7, but ideal 6.4 and Soil type: Natural rich balanced and fungal soil
Planting time: Fall preferred
Plant spacing: 4 to 5 feet. Avoid aggressive tilling under maturing bushes, as damages the carpet type roots and Row spacing: 10 to 12 feet
Pruning: Annual pruning not required. After 10 years of fruiting consider cutting back the central woody stems to about one and half feet