What is a Yezberry?

What is a Yezberry?

Yezberry® Japanese haskaps are an easy-to-grow, super delicious fruit for everyone. Yellow flowers appear very early in spring (we’ll bet it’s the first thing to bloom in your yard each year) and give way to plump blue fruits in early summer. Yezberry haskaps are extremely cold tolerant.

Can you eat Sweetberry honeysuckle?

Sweetberry honeysuckles are so tasty, you’re likely to eat them straight from the bush! But should you find yourself with a cup or so of these luscious fruits that you wish to transform into something spectacular, try this versatile compote.

What do Yezberry taste like?

Their tubular yellow flowers develop into elongated blue berries that taste like a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry. They’re so sweet, you’ll eat them right off the bush as soon as they ripen in early summer!

How do you grow Yezberries?

Yezberry Solo Haskap Berry Care To produce berries, plant another Yezberry alongside. Plant in full to part sun, ensure it receives at least four hours of sun a day. For optimal berry production be sure it receives six hours of sun and plenty of air. It has average water needs and prefers well drained soil.

What is the sweetest Honeyberry?

Aurora appears to be, by far, the sweetest and most liked out of the older honeyberry varieties available in North America.

Where are Haskap berries grown?

Haskap berries come from varieties common to a circumpolar species native to northern boreal forests in Asia, Europe, and North America. It is mainly found in low lying wet areas or high in mountains, in a variety of soil and growing conditions.

Is honeysuckle plant poisonous to dogs?

Trumpet Honeysuckle All parts of the honeysuckle, including the vine, flower, and berry, are poisonous to dogs, who can not properly digest the plant’s toxic properties, consisting of cyanogenic glycosides and carotenoids.

What is a Japanese blueberry tree?

Elaeocarpus decipiens, or Japanese Blueberry Tree, is a broad-leaved evergreen large shrub or tree native to temperate East Asia, typically found in evergreen forests from 1,300 to nearly 8,000 feet in elevation through much of China and in Vietnam.

Can you eat Honeyberries raw?

Honeyberries are fruit of forms of the honeysuckle Lonicera caerulea, also known as blue honeysuckle or edible honeysuckle. The fruits are very similar to blueberries in taste and looks, and can be eaten raw or used in jams and jellies.

Are Honeyberries good eating?

Honeyberry plants (Lonicera caerulea) are non-invasive relatives of the honeysuckle. Honeyberries are a nutritious edible fruit with a unique, sweet-tart flavor. Honeyberry plants are exceptionally cold-hardy and grow well in a range of soil types.

Can you eat Haskap berries?

Each berry contains a small edible seed, a nice textural contrast to the fruit’s soft skin and flesh. Better yet, they’re very good for you! The berries are very high in vitamin C, and like many purple fruits, contain high levels of antioxidants. You can enjoy your “honeyberries” raw, dried, or press them for juice.

Where to plant yezberry Maxie Japanese haskap?

Plant Yezberry Maxie haskap within 50’/15.2 m of another Yezberry ® variety to ensure an abundant fruit set. Top reasons to grow Yezberry ® Maxie Japanese haskap:

How big does a yezberry Maxie plant need to be?

Plant another Yezberry™ variety within 50’/15.2 m of Yezberry Maxie to ensure abundant fruit set on both plants. If pruning is needed or desired, do so when the fruit harvest is complete. You can harvest Yezberry haskaps as they ripen, turning from green to deep blue.

Can a yezberry plant grow like a raspberry?

Delicious, juicy berries taste like a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry. Easy to grow. Plant two different varieties for best results – both plants will bear fruit. PLEASE NOTE: To produce berries, you’ll need to plant another Yezberry ® variety as a pollinator.

When to harvest the fruit from a yezberry plant?

If pruning is needed or desired, do so when the fruit harvest is complete. You can harvest Yezberry haskaps as they ripen, turning from green to deep blue. If you taste a blue fruit and it does not taste sweet, leave the crop on the plant for another couple of days to ripen fully.