Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum JN Select

Lonicera caerulea Indigo Treat

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Redwing Highbush Cranberry
Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry)

The Redwing Highbush Cranberry is a dense multi-stemmed shrub that blooms with white pinwheel shaped flowers in spring. It produces small, red, and edible berries in late summer. Its leaves are green, but the tips become more saturated with red throughout the season, and then turn a stunning crimson colour in the fall.

The Redwing Highbush Cranberry makes a good addition to any urban garden or hedge, and its berries are commonly used to liven up preserves with their tart flavor.

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.

Redwing Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Indigo Treat Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: none


Foliage: red tips on leaves
Fall colour: red/orange
Flowers: white, pinwheel shaped
Berries: small, red
Berries: elongated berries are large, firm and great tasting (sweet tangy)
Flavor: sour
Harvest: late August-February
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: haskap sk 9-91