And the bees love the honeyberry, Every time I look at mine there's a bee buzzing around it yet we're still hardly seeing any bees, but there'll be one on the honeyberry. Unfortunately I've only got one that's in flower so I'll be really lucky to see any fruit this year. Fingers crossed. I got mine from Larch Cottage, but the last two I bought were abused something rotten by the currier, the box looked like it had been used as a football and the plants inside looked like they'd been in a tumble drier set to high. When I complained they just said, 'Oh, it does look like it's been in a boxing ring.' and that was that, and that took them a week to get back. I was furious. Badly damaged plants and they didn't give a stuff, they did offer to give me a refund for the plants AS LONG AS the plants arrived in as good a condition as when they left the nursery! And HOW was that going to happen. I am disputing that with the credit card company so I really don't recommend you use Larch Cottage unless you use a good credit card company that will back you up if anything goes wrong. The first plant the sold me was really old and badly pruned, they did warn me about it but that was the only one left in the country that I could find so I took it, they wouldn't offer any discount for that either. They're not a nice company to deal with!!!
from the market. The man travels from Lincolnshire twice a week and his plants are superb, but the honeyberry was found in the local "cheap "shop, they look after their plants
Unlike unlike some. so are worth looking at but the plants
I took some cuttings from the un-named one I got from Primrose, (it had been pruned really badly and looked like a squirrels nest), they look like they might take so you could always put a request out next winter for cuttings from named varieties, named for their fruit, that is, like Atut, Duet, Fialka... They're supposed to be the best varieties for healthy fruit. I mean fruit that's good for you, packed with vitamins and antioxidants rather than just tasting or looking nice.
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the last one Hope they get some more in soon
They sound nice though, nice to have a
change. I have bought a lovely large
recurrant too so I have two now in the garden
Thanks for all your advice folks
And the bees love the honeyberry, Every time I look at mine there's a bee buzzing around it yet we're still hardly seeing any bees, but there'll be one on the honeyberry. Unfortunately I've only got one that's in flower so I'll be really lucky to see any fruit this year. Fingers crossed. I got mine from Larch Cottage, but the last two I bought were abused something rotten by the currier, the box looked like it had been used as a football and the plants inside looked like they'd been in a tumble drier set to high. When I complained they just said, 'Oh, it does look like it's been in a boxing ring.' and that was that, and that took them a week to get back. I was furious. Badly damaged plants and they didn't give a stuff, they did offer to give me a refund for the plants AS LONG AS the plants arrived in as good a condition as when they left the nursery! And HOW was that going to happen. I am disputing that with the credit card company so I really don't recommend you use Larch Cottage unless you use a good credit card company that will back you up if anything goes wrong. The first plant the sold me was really old and badly pruned, they did warn me about it but that was the only one left in the country that I could find so I took it, they wouldn't offer any discount for that either. They're not a nice company to deal with!!!
from the market. The man travels from Lincolnshire twice a week and his plants are superb, but the honeyberry was found in the local "cheap "shop, they look after their plants
Unlike unlike some. so are worth looking at but the plants
Are not first class so need a lot of TCL
I took some cuttings from the un-named one I got from Primrose, (it had been pruned really badly and looked like a squirrels nest), they look like they might take so you could always put a request out next winter for cuttings from named varieties, named for their fruit, that is, like Atut, Duet, Fialka... They're supposed to be the best varieties for healthy fruit. I mean fruit that's good for you, packed with vitamins and antioxidants rather than just tasting or looking nice.
specified on this one
Yeah, I've got an un-named one L. c. kamchatica which is the subspecies.
Well Jim , we will have to wait and see perhaps give our plants our own names ---if they prove to be good or poor !