@chinook Yep -10c. It was blue moon,lake or velvet and it flowers much earlier than others and is in a sunny spot which i would not do either again, It does make very tasty berries. Usually they recover from this in a few weeks when they have died for me is in summer. (I originally planted 4 six years ago and only have 2 left)
Some things just cannot hang with our swings when its high 70s one day and the next 14. We also have that dry heat / cold condensation punch.
I thought i had done a before picture a few days before a few messages up but i guess i deleted it 
Paw paws just hate it here.
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The weather is strange. Constant night frosts and sunny day. It’s not raining for long. Plants do it. I will see how this cultivation method works. If not, there will be nice brooms.
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do you tie them up like that during the winter to make them grow more erect or do you do it all season?
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Older shrubs in the autumn I cut off the ground. The new shoots in the spring gradually tie straight to the sticks until they harden and this lasts until the next autumn. I pick the sticks. After winter, I wrap them from the bottom with a non-woven fabric so that the growth buds do not activate. It can be done without this, but then remove it manually. At this time I unpacked it and left it already. They should maintain the upright growth and make it as if they were a bouquet. I’ll see how it will give me. What will be the advantages and disadvantages. I leave it for 2-3 years and repeat again. I’ll let you know how it turned out.
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One of the sweetest I tasted. It is also aromatic.
Leningradsky Velikan
This year is special. It was very mild winter and all varieties began to bloom at the same time. Even those that bloom 1-2 weeks later.
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mine are leafing out with snow still around them. rhubarb , currants and comfrey as well.
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@Richard - I’m located in Centennial, Colorado and got hit by the same 14F/-10C hard freeze. I was able to protect my honey berries and raspberries by using a halogen light for warmth and covering them with a tarp. It was a lot of work and any spot on the bush that touched the tarp died. However, this is my first full year of honey berries and I want to at least taste a few berries. I thought the honey berries would tolerate the cold better, but seem to be inline with raspberries.
Overall last year - my apple trees did really well, first year grapes plants were awesome, raspberries just okay and my black berries were an absolute bust (fruited, but cooked in the summer sun). However, this is the year I get the blackberries dialed in: light, watering and fertilizer
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Very nice!, Yeah if it wasnt 5 days of freezing and i was not working i would have tried to get something going i’m really sad i did not cover the peaches but with all the snow i was really hopefull. I think you will really enjoy the honeyberries i find them delicious. I have had two blackberries survive but they have never come close to thriving and i have not gotten any real harvest off of them, I went with the thornless ones so maybe a thornier hardier variety would be better but i think we are just far too dry too high ph and just not what they want over winter. I tried a lot of thornless z5 varieties the only ones to stay alive are PAF and Triple crown but i have not been successful with them by any means.
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Put Beauty, Beast, Maxie, and Keiko in the ground last weekend. Got them from honeyberryusa. Healthy looking plants.
Looking forward to see how they handle the summer humidity here on the Piedmont fall line.
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if you put them somewhere where you get some shade in the afternoon , you should be ok. if not some people use shade cloth where the sun would hit them in the afternoon.
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Honeybee just about it full bloom. The yezberry is still at this stage, so not sure about how pollination will go 
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Honeybee honeyberry =)
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Mine have been blooming for three weeks like crazy. I have to cover them with bird net or my guinea hens will eat the flowers.
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You’re a kind poultry owner, my chickens were doing the same thing and they have now been banished from that yard! Their range is a lot smaller now but I don’t want to spend the time to cover all the fruit bushes. Honeyberry buds and flowers must be tasty!
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I have three bushes and my first (small) taste last year. Little bit sour, but I probably picked them too early, otherwise the birds would have eaten them for me. They tasted a little bit like black mulberry if you have tired that before.
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Honey berry growing question.
What is the best fertilizer to push growth. I have 2 is plants that reached a healthy size and three surviving plants that are little more then sticks after 4 years.