Varieties of honeysuckle with photos and descriptions: early, late, sweet, new, with large berries

Honeysuckle varieties with descriptions are worth studying for anyone who wants to plant a plant with sweet fruits on their plot. Edible crops are represented in a very diverse selection.

What varieties of honeysuckle are there?

Edible honeysuckle, suitable for growing in Russia, comes in dozens of varieties. For convenience, they are divided into several groups:

in terms of frost resistance, some shrubs are best grown in the middle zone, others tolerate the conditions of Siberia well;
according to the timing of ripening - honeysuckle can be of early, medium and late ripeness;
in size, some plants bear small berries, others are distinguished by large fruiting;
in terms of taste - honeysuckle can be dessert-sweet, sour, with a bitter aftertaste;
in terms of resistance to shedding - in some varieties the berries fall to the ground very quickly, in others they stay on the branches for a long time;
in height, the size of the honeysuckle bush is important when organizing the landscape.

Most often, the plant is chosen for its sweet dessert taste.

Attention! Edible honeysuckle of any variety has a dark shade of berries - blue, purple or almost black. Only poisonous honeysuckle bears red and orange berries.

The sweetest varieties of edible honeysuckle

When planting an edible crop on a plot, most gardeners strive to enjoy the truly tasty fruits. You can study the ranking of honeysuckle varieties with a particularly sweet taste.

Azure

The plant is a mid-season plant; the fruits on its branches ripen towards the end of June. Honeysuckle Azure rises up to 1.3 m above the ground, the bush is quite compact, compressed, the leaves are elongated with a solid edge.

Azure - one of the most delicious types of edible honeysuckle

The tasting rating of honeysuckle variety Lazurnaya is 5 points, this is the maximum. Dark blue, almost purple berries exude a pleasant blueberry aroma and are very sweet in taste. The berries are oval in shape, with a point at the top. In a favorable season, Lazurnaya can bring up to 5 kg of harvest from one bush.

Ramenskaya

Honeysuckle of this variety grows up to 1.5 m tall and can spread about 1 m. Ripening occurs by the end of June, Ramenskaya bears elongated blue dark berries with light pubescence and a bluish bloom.

Ramenskaya has a refreshing taste

Ramenskaya's pulp is sweet, but there is a slight sourness in it, so tasters assign it only a score of 4.5 points. The maximum yield of the bush is slightly more than 2 kg.

Kingfisher

Among the sweetest varieties of honeysuckle without bitterness, Kingfisher must be mentioned. The height of the shrub can reach 2 m; it usually spreads no more than a meter in diameter. Fruiting occurs at the end of June. Kingfisher bears large oval-round berries of a deep blue color. The Kingfisher's skin is thin, covered with a blue coating, and the flesh has no smell.

There is absolutely no sourness or bitterness in Kingfisher

Kingfisher is rated at 4.8 tasting points; the taste of the berries is soft, sweet, without sourness or bitterness. Honeysuckle berries are very refreshing. From an adult bush of the plant you can remove approximately 2 kg of ripe berries.

Varieties of early honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is considered early, with May flowering and fruiting between June 10 and 20. Such varieties are especially highly valued because they allow you to enjoy the taste of the fruit already at the beginning of summer.

Yoke

The growth of the bush is usually 1.2 m. Coquette bears fruit in the second ten days of June. Coquette's berries are oval-elongated, blue in color, with a slight light bloom. The taste of the pulp is very tender, with a good sweet and sour taste and a rating from tasters of 4.3.

You can taste the harvest from Koketka by mid-June

The yield volumes of the bush are about 1.4 kg. Coquette is suitable for consumption in any form, but is especially good fresh.

Altair

In terms of growth, the plant rises 1.5 m and bears fruit around June 15-20. Altair's fruits are oval-shaped and elongated, thick blue with a pronounced waxy coating and smooth dense skin.

Altair may bear fruit earlier than June 20

The pulp of Altair honeysuckle is dense, with a weak aroma, and a sweetish-sour taste. The variety deserves a tasting score of 4.4; it is consumed fresh and prepared from berries. Up to 2 kg are collected from one bush.

Moraine

The shrub of this variety is considered medium-sized and reaches about 1.5 in height. Morena's berries are quite large, elongated-cylindrical, with a slightly bumpy surface. The color of the berries is blue, dark, the thin skin is covered with an abundant waxy coating. The fruits ripen by June 20, which gives reason to consider Morena an early plant.

Morena - an early ripening variety

Morena pulp exudes a pleasant subtle aroma, has a sour-sweet taste, and on a five-point scale is rated 4.5 in terms of dessert qualities. The bush produces average yields of up to 2.5 kg.

Advice! Moraine is especially recommended for universal use and is zoned for the northwestern regions.

Late varieties of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is late, the fruits of which ripen in June closer to the 30th. Such plants are valued for the dessert taste of the berries; gourmets note that late honeysuckle is usually sweeter.

Amphora

The height of Amphora bushes rises to 1.5 m, and ripening occurs in the last days of June. The fruits of Amphora are large and massive, weighing up to 3 g, jug-shaped with smooth skin. The color of the berries is bluish-blue, with a noticeable bluish tinge.

The amphora ripens late and has a very good taste.

The pulp of Amphora has no aroma, is dense in consistency, with fibers. The taste of the pulp is pleasant - mostly sweet, with barely noticeable sour and bitter notes. You can notice a lingonberry tint in the taste.The tasting score is 4.5, the yield of Amphora is estimated to be high - up to 2 kg per bush.

Lenita

A tall variety up to 2 m tall produces a harvest after June 25. Lenita's berries are large, elongated and jug-shaped, blue in color. One adult plant on a plot can produce more than 3 kg of berries, and this figure is considered above average.

Lenita is not only tasty, but also a high-yielding species

Lenita's tasting score is 5 points, the taste is sweet with a slightly noticeable bitterness. The berries have a universal purpose; when ripe, they stay on the branches for a long time.

Nymph

Nymph is a tall variety, capable of reaching 2.5 m. The plant bears fruit at the end of June, spreads weakly, and bears large, spindle-shaped fruits up to 1.9 g. The color of the berries is blue-bluish, the surface is lumpy.

Nymph Berries are shaped like a spindle

Nympha tastes very sweet, its dessert quality rating is 4.7. There is a slight tartness in the taste. Nymph's yield is moderate, on average 1.3 kg per plant.

Varieties of low-growing honeysuckle

Gardeners value low-growing shrubs because they are very convenient to harvest from such plants. Even the top fruits can be reached without using a stool or ladder.

Gzhel late

The shrub usually rises no more than 1.5 m above the ground. It bears large pear-shaped fruits, dark blue in color, with slight pubescence on the skin. The bushes of this variety can be harvested at the end of June.

There is a noticeable sourness in the taste of Gzhel late

Late Gzhel deserves a tasting rating of 4.8 and has a sweet, slightly sour taste. The weight of the berry is on average 1.1 g, and the yield of the bush is 2 kg per adult plant.

Julia

The mid-ripening variety rises up to 90 cm above the ground surface and bears elongated oval fruits with a small mass in mid-June. They have a small ridge at the top; the color of the berries is blue with a bluish coating.

Honeysuckle Julia can be consumed in any form

The Yulia variety has a sweet taste; the berries are rated about 4.5 on a five-point scale. Julia's yield is low, a little more than 1 kg per specific bush. The berries are suitable for any use and are often used in desserts.

Gourmand

A low shrub about 1.4 m tall bears elongated fruits with dark blue skin covered with a characteristic bloom. Their weight is average; from just one plant you can harvest up to 3 kg with good care.

The gourmet lives up to its name

The tasting assessment assigns 4.9 points to Lakomka; the taste of the pulp is sweet with a slight sour note, completely without bitterness. This variety can be harvested in mid-June.

Tall varieties of honeysuckle

Tall honeysuckle is valued by gardeners for its good decorative qualities. When planting on the site, you can not only collect tasty fruits, but also use the bush as part of art groups. In addition, high-yielding varieties of honeysuckle are more often found among vigorous shrubs.

Bakcharskaya

The tall bush rises to 1.7-2 m above the ground and has a thick and wide crown. The berries of the variety are bluish-blue, drop-shaped in shape with a small apical ridge, weighing about 0.7 g. The surface of the skin is slightly bumpy, the skin itself is dense.

Bakcharskaya has a slight bitterness, although it remains tasty

Bakchar honeysuckle is tasty and sweet, but it contains a clearly visible bitterness, so the variety is rated at only 4.2 in terms of dessert qualities. Ripening occurs at the beginning of July. With one bush, with good care, you can get approximately 3.8 kg of harvest.

Fortune

A tall shrub with a rounded compact crown can rise up to 2 m above the soil. Fruiting occurs early, by mid-June; Fortuna's fruits are cylindrically elongated, dark blue almost to black.

Fortune brings dense thickened berries

Fortuna has a pleasant taste, but with a slight sourness and tartness, so the tasting score is 4.5. The bush produces average yields; the fruits have a universal purpose.

Moskovskaya-23

The height of the bush can reach 2.5 m; the harvest from Moskovskaya-23 is harvested closer to June 20. The fruits of the variety are large, elongated, almost black in color with a waxy bluish coating. The average fruiting yield of the bushes is high, around 3.5 kg.

Moskovskaya-23 - sweet and sour with light tart notes

Moskovskaya-23 tastes quite pleasant, sweet and sour, but with noticeable astringency. The pulp is fibrous; the variety is completely unsuitable for transportation, as it wrinkles greatly. The fruits of Moskovskaya-23 are rated at only 3.9 points.

New varieties of honeysuckle with large berries

Most of the older varieties of edible honeysuckle bear fruits with a small weight, about 1 g. But in recent years, breeders have developed varieties that produce more massive berries. When comparing honeysuckle varieties, several varieties occupy leading positions.

Strezhevchanka

Tall honeysuckle rises up to 2 m and has a sparse crown. It bears fruit early and produces very large berries – up to 2.7 g.The color of the fruits is almost black, with a bluish coating, and their skin is thin. The berries ripen at the same time, and up to 4.5 kg per plant can be harvested in one season.

Strezhevchanka was bred in 2012 and has already earned good marks

The pulp of Strezhevchanka is tender, sweet and sour in taste; during tasting, the variety was given a rating of 4.8. The variety was released only in 2012, but is considered very promising.

Delight

A tall shrub about 1.8 m, bred in 2012, has straight branches and a sparse crown, which makes it seem very decorative. The weight of the fruits of Delight is up to 2.8 g; the color of the berries is dark purple with a bluish tint. The variety ripens early, until mid-July, and the berries are easily separated from the branches. From one Delight bush you can collect as much as 5.5 kg of ripe fruits.

Delight - a new sweet and productive honeysuckle

Delight refers to varieties of large and sweet honeysuckle. It was awarded a score of 4.8 by tasters.

Borealis

The 2007 variety is classified as low-growing and does not exceed 1.2 m in height. Borealis berries are oval and medium in weight. The tasting rating of the variety is 4.8, since the fruits are very sweet, with a pleasant tartness.

Borealis is a recently developed variety with a sweet taste.

The color of the berries is bluish-violet, juicy and soft. The plant's yield is average; Borealis can rarely bring more than 2 kg from a particular plant.

Non-shattering varieties of honeysuckle

Many varieties of edible honeysuckle have a common disadvantage - after ripening, the fruits begin to fall off the branches, which is why part of the harvest is lost. However, there are varieties that do not have this disadvantage.

Titmouse

The height of the plant is about 1.5 m, the Titmouse bears fruits in the early stages.Under good conditions, the bush can produce up to 5 kg of berries - elongated, cylindrical, dark blue in color. The flesh of Sinichka is very aromatic and tasty, sweet and sour, but at the same time fibrous. The official rating from tasters is quite high, it is 4.7.

The titmouse does not begin to crumble when it reaches ripeness

It is better to consume the harvested crop fresh; it cannot be stored for a long time. But when ripe, the Titmouse does not fall off and is suitable for simultaneous collection.

Pavlovskaya

A medium-sized wide bush rises 1.5 in height and bears blue, tinged with purple fruits, oval with a narrowing at the top. The variety's yield is low, and the fruits themselves are small in weight, but quite tasty - sweet and sour, with a score of 4.4 points.

Pavlovskaya remains on the branches for a long time after ripening

Pavlovskaya bears fruit in mid-June and does not fall off for a long time. Honeysuckle stores well and is therefore suitable for any use.

Malvina

The height of honeysuckle is about 1.7 m; the variety ripens in the second decade of June. Malvina fruits are medium in size and weight, blue-blue in color, slightly lumpy and elongated.

Malvina is a very juicy variety with a sweet and sour taste.

Malvina's pulp is almost without aroma, but juicy and sweet with sour notes. Rated by tasters at 4.4. Malvina berries do not last long, but they hold up well on the shoots and do not fall off after ripening.

Elite varieties of honeysuckle

Some varieties of edible honeysuckle are considered truly elite. They are highly valued for their dessert qualities, as well as for their increased endurance and good yield.

Yugana

A fairly young variety, introduced in 2010, has already made it to the list of the best.The Yugan variety ripens late, at the end of the first summer month, and reaches 1.5 m in height. It bears fruit with dark purple, pitcher-shaped berries with an almost black tint.

The Yugan variety can be considered elite, it is high-yielding and has a dessert taste

Yugana tastes sweetish, with a rating of 4.9. The plant is characterized by increased productivity, up to 6 kg per plant, bears fruit steadily and is not prone to shedding.

Volkhova

The Volkhova variety, which ripens on the 20th of June, deserves high marks. The tall shrub can rise up to 2 m; its berries are small, but very tasty, sweet and with a pleasant strawberry aroma. The taster rating is 4.7.

The Volkhova variety has small but sweet berries

The Volkhov bush is valued not only for its good taste, but also for its winter hardiness and resistance to diseases. The variety is moderately productive, in good conditions it produces more than 2 kg of dessert berries.

The Giant's Daughter

A large spreading bush with an oval crown bears almost black, dark purple berries with a dessert taste. The pear-shaped fruits have a slight sourness, but no bitterness, and the weight of the berries reaches almost 3 g. Tasters assign a rating of 4.8 to the variety and note the versatility of this variety.

The Giant's Daughter is one of the recent varieties with dessert qualities.

Among the advantages of the plant are resistance to cold and disease and the fact that the berries do not fall off the branches for a long time. The bush is capable of demonstrating high fruiting capacity, more than 3 kg of fruit. The Giant's Daughter ripens towards the beginning of July.

Winter-hardy varieties of honeysuckle

Almost all varieties of edible honeysuckle tolerate cold well.But in the descriptions and videos of honeysuckle varieties, special mention is given to varieties with increased frost resistance for Siberia and the Urals.

Blue bird

The height of the plant rises no more than 1.5 m; in adulthood it produces a harvest of medium volumes. Ripening occurs by mid-June, but individual fruits can ripen on the branches for about a month. The berries are medium in weight and size, blue in color, with a blueberry aroma and a sweet, slightly tart taste.

Blue Bird is well suited for cultivation in Siberia

Tasters give Blue Bird a score of 4.5. Honeysuckle is highly cold-resistant and survives well in Siberia at winter temperatures of about -35 °C.

Viliga

A tall shrub up to 2 m has a small sparse crown and ripens closer to June 30. The fruits of the Viliga variety are densely blue, not too heavy in weight. But an adult shrub can produce up to 2.5 kg of harvest.

Viliga is a slightly sour and tart variety, but pleasant to the taste.

The berries have a dessert taste, there is no bitterness in it, although there is a slight sourness and astringency, which is why the variety is assigned only 4.4 tasting points. Viliga grows well in the northern regions of the country and tolerates severe winter cold below - 35 ° C.

Important! The variety itself received its name from the Viliga River, which flows near the northern city of Magadan.

Kamchadalka

Honeysuckle with the expressive name Kamchadalka was bred specifically for cultivation in Siberia. The variety bears fruit until the end of June, and grows no more than 1.5 m in height. Productivity in Kamchadalka is average, and ripening is uneven and spread out over time. But the variety is not prone to shedding, so you can simply wait until most of the berries reach maturity.

Kamchadalka is one of the most cold-resistant varieties of culture

The fruits of the bush are blue-blue with thick skin, oval and slightly elongated. The taste is sweet with a distinct sourness, although there is no astringency or bitterness in the pulp. The average grade rating is about 4.6 points.

An amazing feature of Kamchadalka is its high frost resistance, down to -50 °C. You can grow sweet honeysuckle even in the harshest climatic zones.

Conclusion

Honeysuckle varieties with descriptions give a good idea of the diversity of fruit shrubs. If desired, you can find a crop for the garden with optimal indicators of cold resistance and yield, with a dessert taste and early fruiting.

Varieties of honeysuckle: with photos, names and descriptions