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Honeyberry
Hi , i bought 2 Honey berries 6 weeks ago and they are now 24 inches high and doing well, i understand honey berries are fairly new to UK so anybody have ideas on planting ,i can use an open cross paneled low fence to train them along and through it, or into largish containers ,im not sure which they would do best in,theirs not a lot af info on these as they are newish,all help is good ,
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hi alan just acquired one and have planted in the ground with plenty of horsemanure I don't think they would do well in a container if you can plant in the ground
The plants are as tough as old boots and can stand -40C as well as not being picky about soil pH, so I'd do as mm suggests, but if it is small grow it on in a 25-30cm pot for a year before planting out, which gave good results for me. Most web sites say they need a pollination partner to fruit well, so I'd get another - I have 5, two of them are 2 years old now and the others are year-olds. Some fruit seems to have set on the older ones, so looking forward to sampling them in a few weeks.
Many thanks for that input Mud/Bob,also i read in a blogg that Duet,Fialka,Atut are good ones to have ,iv got to be honest Kate me the 2 we have from a new shop opening sale so not the fogyist wot they are so now maybe a couple of known ones for pollination ,anybody got any thoughts which to go for,im looking for fruit salad eating type of thing as well as jam if ever they fruit enough,cheers all from sunny (not) N
orfolk
I got a couple of mine from Parkers as they were the cheapest - they are Lonicera Kamtschatica which I think is the most common one but they were very small plants. I can't remember where the others came from though, maybe Crocus. Primrose have both Kamtschatica and Moreno as 3 year olds in 3l pots, so perhaps get one of each then you're guaranteed at least 2 types?
Many thanks for that Bob