General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Pollinators: Other: needs another honeyberry of similar (very early) bloom time to pollinate with

Trade name information:
Trade Name: Blue Lightning™
Cultivar name: 'Zarnitsa'
Common names
  • Haskap
  • Japanese Honeyberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lonicera caerulea subsp. edulis
  • Synonym: Lonicera caerulea subsp. kamtschatica
Also sold as:
  • Blue Lightening

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