Common Blueberry vs Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) - TreeTime.ca

Common Blueberry vs Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry)

Lonicera caerulea Indigo Treat

Vaccinium myrtilloides

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NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry)
Common Blueberry

Indigo Treat has fruit similar in size and firmness to their Tundra variety, making it suitable for commercial production or your home garden.

Indigo Treat, like the Borealis Haskap, does not self-pollinate well. We recommend another variety, such as Honeybee or Berry Blue Honeyberry, be planted at a minimum 1:8 ratio with it to boost fruit production. Many experts suggest the highest Haskap yield comes from fields planted with the most varieties.

Due to stronger interest in newer cultivars, 2015 will be our last year selling Indigo Treat.

Common Blueberry is an August maturing berry that is wonderfully flavorful and contain more antioxidants by volume than the highbush varieties.
They'll give your baked goods a wonderful pop of flavor.

It isn't as large, pretty, or high yielding as the other varieties we carry. But Common Blueberry is one of the only blueberries that will survive in plant hardiness zones 1A to 2B.

Note: Blueberries require very specific soil conditions. They need well-drained soil with a pH between 4.5 and 5.0.

Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Common Blueberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 1a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: yellow, orange, and red
Berries: elongated berries are large, firm and great tasting (sweet tangy)
Berries: blue
Firmness: medium
Flavor: tart
Harvest: late summer
Flowers: white
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: none




Other Names: haskap sk 9-91
Other Names: canadian blueberry, sourtop blueberry, velvetleaf blueberry, velvetleaf huckleberry