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Ships in ON, QC, NB, NS and PE

Hardy
Canadian Grown
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Shipped in ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

Plump ovid indigo coloured Indigo Gem Haskap berries

Lonicera caerulea 'Indigo Gem' (early/mid-season)

Indigo Gem Haskap, Indigo Gem Honeyberry

Main interest:: sweet flavour, best eaten fresh, good mid-season pollinator
Exposure:: full sun to partial shade
Soil humidity:: moist soil
Flower colour:: pale yellow
Fragrance:: mildly fragrant
Flowering period:: April to May
Foliage:: green
USDA Hardiness:: zone 2a: -45.5 °C (-50 °F) View Zone Map
Mature height & width (max.):: height: 5 ft (1.5 m) width: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Use:: edible landscapes, orchards, hedges, screens, general garden use, mass planting

The Indigo Gem Haskap is one of the best variety to enjoy fresh. Fruits are sweet and great used in dessert. The maximum sugar content recorded is 17°Bx (Brix) which makes 'Indigo Gem' one of the sweetest if not the sweetest varieties. Its elongated fruits weigh in average 1.3 grams. 'Indigo Gem' is a mid-season variety, with slow maturing fruits offering a long harvest period! Fruits can be picked by the end of June. It produces in average 4 kg (max 5 kg) of honeyberries per plant or 13.2 t/ha (max 16.5t/ha). In order to increase cross pollination and get higher yield, it is recommended to plant the cultivar 'Aurora' (another mid-season variety) near 'Indigo Gem'. 'Indigo Gem' upright bush can reach 5 ft tall and 4 ft wide. Its compact habit and do not drop off fruit characteristics makes this variety suitable for commercial production or home garden planting.

$16.99 - $41.99

Main interest:: sweet flavour, best eaten fresh, good mid-season pollinator
Exposure:: full sun to partial shade
Soil humidity:: moist soil
Flower colour:: pale yellow
Fragrance:: mildly fragrant
Flowering period:: April to May
Foliage:: green
USDA Hardiness:: zone 2a: -45.5 °C (-50 °F) View Zone Map
Mature height & width (max.):: height: 5 ft (1.5 m) width: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Use:: edible landscapes, orchards, hedges, screens, general garden use, mass planting

Also known as: Blue Honeysuckle, Sweetberry Honeysuckle, Blue-berried Honeysuckle

SKU: 856370839e0f Category: All Plants (A to Z), Fruit & Berry Bushes, All Fruit & Berry Bushes (A to Z), Fruit & Berry Bushes (by Common name), Haskaps (Honeyberries), Fruit Bushes by Hardiness zone, Hardy zone 2a Fruit Bushes, Hardy zone 3a Fruit Bushes, Hardy zone 4a Fruit Bushes, Hardy zone 5a Fruit Bushes, Hardy zone 6a Fruit Bushes, Fruit and Berry Bushes

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