Lonicera kamtschatica ‘Blue Velvet’
haskap (blue honeysuckle, honeyberry) 'Blue Velvet'
| Decoration form | cultivated for its berries |
|---|---|
| Color of flowers | pale yellow |
| Flowering month | IV |
| Annual growth | 0.5 m |
| Aspect | sun, 3/4 sun, 1/2 sun |
| Frost hardiness | Zones 3 - 7 |
| Density on 1m2 | 1 |
| Evergreen plant | no |
Long-lived and highly frost hardy plant cultivated for its tasty and healthy fruit, ripening early in our climate. Its upright form reaches 1.7 m height. Pale yellow, modest but rich in nectar flowers borne in the first half of April. The plant requires cross pollination therefore Lonicera yields fruit best when planted in a vicinity of other varieties of this species. The first berries set early – plants in the C2 container yield fruit in the 2nd or 3rd year after planting. After another couple of years the crop is 2-6 kg of one plant.