I planted 2 honeyberry bushes on my croft in the Isle of Lewis, NW Scotland, in 2013. Even in our challenging climate I get lots of berries every year. I have panted about 15-20 different types of soft fruit and the honeyberry performs the best.

For casual growers, I'd mention that it's a nice looking plant, not too out of place in an informal garden. I like the way the raindrops stand like pearls on the leaves, or just roll off.

Haskap comes from the Ainu language, the language of the indigenous people of Hokkaido. They’ve got a very interesting culture

Growing haskaps without netting is growing them for the birds. We are in Canada and have been growing them since 2011. Started with the Borealis and Tundra and Indigo series. Continued with Aurora and Boreal Blizzard. So far everybody's favourite is the Aurora of which we have about 200 plants. In total now we have about one and a half hectare. Season starts with Indigo followed by Tundra and Berry Blue, after which come the Aurora and Borealis.

I just put 20 of these in my back yard up against the back of my house. I got as many different kinds as i could find. Can't wait till they start producing. I've never had one before.

I planted the indigo series of honey berries this year.  I’m in the states - specifically the Midwest - and none of my regular greenhouses and nurseries knew what I was asking for.  I ended up ordering some online.  They’re quite small but I’m hopeful.  I planted them in my front landscaping hoping to add some edibles to my beds while keeping them slightly more formal to trick the neighborhood people who get sassy about food in the front lawn.  ☺️

Hi Vera! Good to see you back! I am in Canada and already have hascap berry. They sell them in couples here in the same pot for pollination purposes. My bush is 15 years old and is very prolific. It ripens by the end of June here. The older the bush, the bigger the berries get. I freeze the excess in one layer in a tray and after a couple of hours put them in small plastic bags.  They freeze very well that way and I use them for smoothies. Another very informative video! Cheers!

I quite like your format of focusing on particular plants sometimes. I like the garden tours too but the format variety keeps things more interesting I think. Hope you continue doing it.


I don't have any honey berries yet but I plan to add some as I expand my gardening space while simultaneously reducing my mowing space. Food gardening is much more rewarding then mowing.

Thanks for the info on hoskaps. I'm growing haskaps on the Canadian prairies where my haskaps are growing much better than blueberries or saskatoon berries. In particular I wanted to thank you for the tip of planting them deeply to make them bush out.

As a polish person I absolutely adore how you pronounced those names with french accent <333

I have planted two because of one of your earlier videos, Atut & Wolosnicka. These were the only two available at our local nursery, both have a few berries on this year so I am very pleased. Thank you for your inspiration.

I’m getting my first 2 honeyberries this weekend. I’m very excited to get them planted. Thanks for the video.

Thanks! I didn't even know these existed until today. A friend shared a small bowl of them with me.

I just learned about honey berries last year! I think they will be a great addition to my Pacific Northwest garden! The Canadian varieties should be available here for sure. Thank you for all of the great information!

Haven't had great luck with blueberries in the past but my wife loves them, definitely going to look into getting some honey berries!

What a great amount of information.  Thought I knew as much as I needed to know but I learned plenty more.  Grown to cook,  you have a real lovely persona and style of educating.  Thumbs up and a subscription at you.  Look forward to watching more of your videos.

Thank you so much for your video! I’m from norther British Columbia, Canada in a Zone 3 climate. I just purchased aurora, boreal blizzard, boreal beauty and blue crop before watching this video and I’m super grateful for your informative video on how to plant these bushes.

This is the best video on Haskaps I've seen to date, even learned a thing or three. The only thing I've been trying to figure and can't find an answer to yet is about pruning, do you know if you cut out old branches and stimulate new growth and if it's 3 yrs or 5 yrs?
kind of like blueberries and cutting out old canes. I've also found that they take to making cuttings out of, and drop roots really well!
Good video, genuine and you remind me of some really nice garden friends I'm lucky to have.

Edible Acres told me that you can make a lot of easy, but slow, cuttings by just hilling up the main stem of the plant until the added soil reaches the next branches.   So... this will cause more root growth.  THen, after a season of growing like this, you can dig down a bit and take cuttings from the new rooted section.  Then put the dirt back on the main plant, which should live still, and plant your new cloned plants.
see?

"When I ran out of space" how much I know that feeling... when my sister and her husband bought a house I was so happy that there was some new space to plant😊