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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Boreal Blizzard Haskap (Honeyberry)

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

Lonicera caerulea Boreal Blizzard

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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry
Boreal Blizzard Haskap (Honeyberry)

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

Boreal Blizzard Haskap has the largest and heaviest berries of any haskap cultivar we offer. Both the plant itself and its berries are robust, making mechanical harvesting more effective.

Haskaps have a taste that is a cross between raspberry and blueberry. The berries can be used for eating fresh, baking, jams and jellies, freezing. Haskaps are high in vitamins, fibre, and anti-oxidants.

Boreal Blizzard is a late pollinating variety. Pair with other late pollinators to have a higher yield. Boreal Blizzard is a great companion variety for the Boreal Beauty and Strawberry Sensation.

JAHNS PRAIRIE GOOSEBERRY QUICK FACTS

BOREAL BLIZZARD HASKAP (HONEYBERRY) QUICK FACTS

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Fall colour: yellow
Berries: red-pink berries
Berries: large, purple blue
Flavor: raspberry-blueberry taste
Harvest: mid to late July
Harvest: mid - late July
Flowers: pale yellow
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none





Other Names: blue honeysuckle, honeyberry