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Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Giants Heart Haskap (Honeyberry)

Lonicera caerulea Giants Heart

Lonicera caerulea Boreal Beauty

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Giants Heart Haskap (Honeyberry)
Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry)

The Giants Heart Haskap is a late-ripening shrub that blooms with small white flowers and produces large, firm blue berries that are ready for harvest in late July. Their taste is typically described as something between a raspberry and a blueberry.

The Giants Heart Haskap, or Giants Heart Honeyberry is suitable for commercial growth as it is high yielding with sweet berries, cold-hardy and a vigorous grower.

Giants Heart is a late pollinating variety. Pair with other late pollinators to have a higher yield.
Kawaii is a great companion variety.

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 that pairs well with Boreal Beast.

Giants Heart Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Boreal Beauty Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

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


Flowers: pale yellow
Berries: large, purple blue
Flavor: very sweet
Flavor: raspberry-blueberry taste
Harvest: late July - mid August
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: giants heart honeyberry
Other Names: blue honeysuckle, honeyberry