@BlueBerry … I was at my MILs house earlier … home now… and just covered my HB… in a windy snow storm 
But… I have not had a HB yet !!!
I got to eat honeyberries over 5 years ago…but my plants at the present time all came from plugs rather than larger bare-root specimens…so I’ll be lucky to get any this year.
Best prospect is Boreal Beast or Beauty that came in 4" pots a year ago…but I doubt it even though they might be 10 inches tall. (And have leaves half normal size.)
3" snow is going to help some…but they my blacken at 15 degrees Sunday morning.
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They seriously missed our low as usual.
They were saying 20 by 7 AM… it is 28 here now 7AM… we did get 3-4 inches of snow.
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28 is perfect. It’s the lowest # before any real damage occurs.
The city is 28 F for almost none.
The rural is 30 for almost none.
I realize you’re rural.
B-slip
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We had 24 last night… early this am.
I kept my honeyberry bush covered Friday and Saturday nights… and just now pulled the covers off. Tonight is supposed to be above freezing.
Still Green…
@BlueBerry … how did yours do ?
Hope they made it ok… or come back soon.
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Ask me again in a day or so…didn’t check honeyberries.
But, pears and apples have some blackened tender leaves. (Container plants…in ground ones seem dormant). Cornelian cherry in bloom probably zaapped.
<19 as I hit the hay…and 19 at 9 a.m. so not sure of our minimum for the night.>
We’ve had some lovely spring weather this past week, with temperatures getting to 15°C, and I finally saw a big bumblebee working my honeyberry flowers this morning! I have some new tiny bushes only planted last year, and they have a decent set of flowers as well as the older ones. Now I’m looking forward to berries in June!
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I need to look for blooms I guess, but 1 to 3 year old plants I’m not expecting any. The teens 10 days ago did not hurt honeyberries despite being leafed out.
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The small ones I added last summer (barely 8" tall) have flower buds already, so I wouldn’t be surprised if yours do too.
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I love honeyberries but they are not exactly thriving here. For the second year in a row they seem to be coming back just a little bit weaker than the last.
I see Starks has now added Strawberry Sensation, as have Honeyberry USA. I am waiting for a report on how people like them and how they compare with the others. I already have a large bed of numerous varieties of honeyberries, but curious minds want to know.
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Oh that must be disappointing. Do you think it’s because of climate, or unsuitable soil? The first one I planted took a few years to take off, and there was a drought that first summer, but the ones I’ve planted since seem to have grown steadily from the beginning.
I think it’s the climate. I have very hot, humid July/Augst. They defoliate even earlier than normal as a result. I was hoping the new Saskatchewan variites and Maxine Thompson’s with the Japanese genetics would be able to do well here.
They’re in a pretty favorable spot in my yard where they don’t get a ton of late afternoon sun…but maybe they need even less.
We’ll see how things progress this year.
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Any experience with juglone tolerance of honeyberries?
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Yes, I had 7 blooms on Indigo Treat open and a day later 3 blooms on Boreal Blizzard open. No other blooms though. And no obvious bee activity…40’s, cloudy, 15+ mph breeze.
Prospect of fruit slim…but they should be able to handle the freeze this Sat/Sun.
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/Can’t find any information…be nice if they tolerate it.
Those in-ground seem to do better than pots.
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wow that’s weird. the indigo series is considered very early and boreal series is late. theyre not supposed to bloom together. matter of fact aurora, that is considered early/ mid should just catch the beg. of the boreal bloom. of course that’s in honeyberry usa’s z3a. maybe your warmer clime makes all of them basically flower together? keep track of that and report back to them. they are always looking to see how these plants perform in warmer zones.
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@noogy I planted six different varieties near several black walnuts last spring. So far they are all alive but growing very slowly. Only info I could find on the web as to tolerance was all over the place, so within due time I’ll know for sure.
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