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Honey Bee Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Chester Thornless Blackberry

Lonicera caerulea Honey Bee

Rubus fruticosa Chester (Thornless)

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Honey Bee Haskap (Honeyberry)
Chester Thornless Blackberry

Honey Bee Haskap is a hardy deciduous shrub. Honey Bee Haskap produces tarter fruit than the Borealis and Tundra varieties, and it holds its fruit longer. This Haskap's leaves are sunburn and powdery mildew resistant. Honey Bee Haskap makes a great pollinator for Borealis, Tundra or the Indigo varieties.

Chester Thornless Blackberry is a self-pollinating fruit-bearing shrub. In mid-summer, the Chester Thornless Blackberry produces large, sweet-tasting, heart-shaped blackberries that are perfect for fresh eating. It is a semi-erect blackberry plant that requires little support from a trellis to keep its fruit off the ground. Don't forget to protect your berries. The birds love this shrub almost as much as you will.

Chester Thornless Blackberries are floricanes, primarily fruiting on second year canes. Each spring cut back all two-year old canes, leaving only the last year’s growth.

HONEY BEE HASKAP (HONEYBERRY) QUICK FACTS

CHESTER THORNLESS BLACKBERRY QUICK FACTS

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3b
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Berries: elongate blue berries ripen in late June. Delicate skinned, tarter than Borealis and Tundra Haskaps
Berries: heart shaped black
Firmness: firm
Harvest: July
Flowers: pink
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Maintenance: high
Suckering: none
Suckering: high





Other Names: chester blackberry, hardy blackberry