Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Thimbleberry - TreeTime.ca

Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus

Lonicera caerulea Indigo Treat

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NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

Thimbleberry
Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry)

Thimbleberry is an ornamental shrub with large, green maple-like-leaves. Flowers are attractive, fragrant, and turn into red-raspberry-like berries. The berries are good for jams, cakes, breads, muffins etc. If you remove the berry, the core resembles a thimble, giving this shrub its namesake.

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.

Thimbleberry Quick Facts

Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: gold
Berries: edible, red, similar to raspberries
Berries: elongated berries are large, firm and great tasting (sweet tangy)
Flowers: white, showy
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: none




Other Names: thimbleberry, western thimbleberry
Other Names: haskap sk 9-91