Royalty Raspberry vs Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry) - TreeTime.ca

Royalty Raspberry vs Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry)

Rubus x Royalty

Lonicera caerulea Strawberry Sensation

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Royalty Raspberry
Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry)

Royalty Raspberry is a productive and delicious red-purple raspberry. It is a cross between a red raspberry and a black raspberry. Ripening in late August, the berries are ideal for homemade jams, preserves, and fresh eating.

If you are going for more of a classic red raspberry taste, pick the berries early. But if they are left on the cane until they are purple the taste will be sweeter.

Royalty Raspberry is a floricane variety, meaning that it only produces berries on second-year canes. Do not cut this variety to the ground and only prune away dead canes as needed.

This very popular extra large berried variety was developed at Cornell University.

Strawberry Sensation Haskap is a new cultivar from Berries Unlimited that is getting lots of attention. These haskaps have a unique flavor that range from sweet to tart with an alpine strawberry after taste. This highly productive shrub produces haskaps late season and are ideal for freezing or fresh eating.

Strawberry Sensation is an late pollinating variety. Pair with other late pollinators to have a higher yield.
Boreal Blizzard is a great companion variety.

Royalty Raspberry Quick Facts

Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

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Zone: 4a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: elliptical blue-purple berries
Fruit size: 3.2g
Flavor: sweet/tart, hint of strawberry flavor
Harvest: very late, mid June to mid July
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Maintenance: high
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: low