Honey Bee Edible Honeysuckle Home Page Tree bears young

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bred by Elmer Swenson in WI and released by Iowa State in 2001

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

sometimes fruiting one year after planting

Ripens in mid September thru early October

Honey Bee Edible Honeysuckle Home Page Tree bears youngLonicera 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