Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Pygmy Caragana - TreeTime.ca

Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Pygmy Caragana

Lonicera caerulea Boreal Beauty

Caragana pygmaea

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Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry)
Pygmy Caragana

Boreal Beauty Haskap produces sweet/tart berries that have a great flavour. The flavour of Haskaps is generally described as a cross between a blueberry and a raspberry. Boreal Beast Haskaps are well suited to fresh eating, freezing, baking, and preserves.

The berries are heavy, firm, and have a great branch hold. They are firm enough to withstand mechanical harvesting.

For optimal fruit production, cross-pollination is required. Haskaps need to be planted with a compatible variety. Compatibility is influenced by both bloom time and genetics.

Boreal Beauty Haskap is a late-pollinating variety and pairs well with Boreal Beast.

Pygmy Caragana is a shrub that is related to Common Caragana and has a compact size that is suitable for yards with limited space. Its size is perfect for landscaping and decorative hedges, and requires little maintenance. This nitrogen fixer has fine-textured foliage and small yellow flowers. Much like Common Caragana, it is hardy and drought tolerant.

Popular as a low maintenance commercial landscaping shrub and for hedging. This species does have tiny spines that might poke you a bit. It has a nice appealing texture when mature.

Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Pygmy Caragana Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2b
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none


Flowers: pale yellow
Flowers: prolific tiny yellow pea-like flowers
Berries: large, purple blue
Flavor: raspberry-blueberry taste
Harvest: late July - mid August
Seeds: prolific seedpods are edible
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: boreal beauty honeyberry, haskap, honeyberry
Other Names: pygmy peashrub