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"Indigo Gem" Honeyberry / Haskap
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Time and time again Indigo Gem comes back in studies as being the honeyberry with the highest sugar content. Already delicious by nature, honeyberries melt in your mouth when you eat them, and have a flavor like blueberry jam, or blueberry and raspberry mixed. Also known as haskaps or sweet honeysuckle. They are the most interesting looking berry, with an appearance like a tubular blueberry with one or sometimes two dimples on the end. Besides their unique appearance and great flavor, they are a natural superfood, with an antioxidant and polyphenol content higher than blueberries. Antioxidants are responsible for fighting free radicals responsible for age-related illnesses and cancers. They also have a tremendous amount of vitamin C and K, surpassing even oranges, a good amount of vitamin A, and some iron, zinc, and magnesium. The phytochemicals in it are among the healthiest of any berry that tastes as good as this one does, making them indispensable for healthy eaters. The berries grow abundantly and with little care, making them valuable for low-maintenance gardening, and the first thing to flower in may. Requires a pollinator such as Aurora or Indigo Treat.
Quick Facts:
- Flavor Notes: Wild blueberry mixed with raspberry, tart with a 17.7% sugar content
- Maintenance: None
- Zones: 2-8
- Height: 5-6ft
- Spread: 4-5ft
- Spreading habit: Upright, no self spreading
- Sun: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil: Acidic soil may be preferred but will thrive in most soils
- Self-Pollination: Pollinator required