Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) vs Boreal Bliss Haskap - TreeTime.ca

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) vs Boreal Bliss Haskap

Lonicera caerulea Boreal Bliss

Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

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Boreal Bliss Haskap
Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Boreal Bliss Haskap is a variety recently released by the University of Saskatchewan. Haskaps generally taste like a cross between a blueberry and a raspberry. The flavour of Boreal Bliss is described as excellent, with a nice aroma and unique aftertaste. For peak flavour, wait about a week after the berries turn blue before harvesting. The berries are well suited to fresh eating, freezing, baking, and preserves.

Boreal Bliss is the first Haskap cultivar to be released with wild Canadian lineage. Its productivity is very good, with bloom and ripening times closely matching Boreal Beast.

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 Bliss Haskap is a late-pollinating variety and pairs well with Boreal Beast and Boreal Blizzard

Honeywood Saskatoon, also known as Serviceberries, is excellent at producing an abundance of blue-coloured berries in mid-summer and has dark green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. It is quite large making it a perfect shrub in your backyard garden. Often grown for its edible qualities, the Honeywood Saskatoon is quite ornamental with stunning white blooms in the spring.

Boreal Bliss Haskap Quick Facts

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Growth form: upright, and somewhat spreading
Spreading: suckering - none
Suckering: low
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium


Flowers: pale yellow
Bloom time: mid May to early June
Berries: blue, oblong
Berries: produces large edible berries
Flavor: raspberry-blueberry taste
Harvest: mid July to early August
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, YT, NT
Other Names: boreal bliss honeyberry
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry