Varieties of honeysuckle. How to choose to give?

Growing like honeysuckle berries was the recent occupation of the gardeners. This happened thanks to the local breeders, as the best modern varieties bred by them.

They differ not only in the period of ripening, but resistant to adverse environmental conditions.

Wolfberry honeysuckle or ordinary

Basically, the fruit of wild bush, very poisonous, so gardeners cultivated only one species of edible honeysuckle (Lonícera caeruléa).

It has a blue-black oblong and large fruit taste like blueberries. In the wild it can be found only in East Asian countries.

Berry shrubs in nature, have a characteristic bitterness, the work of breeders, with Variety, it was to improve the flavor of the fruit.

The best varieties of edible honeysuckle

Bringing new varieties of plants, plant breeders have used a variety of subspecies, first of all, taking into account factors such as:

• fruiting period;
• resistance to environmental conditions;
• osypaemosti degree;
• crop yields;
• the presence of immunity to diseases and parasites;
• taste and size of the fruit.

To determine which varieties planted at their summer cottage, we must first focus on the climatic conditions of the region.

Siberian

Variety was created in the Northern gardening Tomsk region. Fruits contain more than 8% of sugars, and 1% acids, length 2.5 cm, weight 1.5 g.

The variety has the richness and aroma, are used fresh or processed for the quality of data is particularly fond of gardeners.

Sort ideal for cultivation in northern regions because air can withstand temperatures up to - 50 ⁰, resistant to disease and drought.

Nymph

Creating a variety of breeders belongs St. Petersburg. The main advantage - sweet berries with a complete lack of bitterness.

Blue with a blue tint fruits have a weight of up to 1 t. and securely pasted to escape, so long sypyatsya.

Nymph resistant to pests, diseases, sudden temperature changes, even his ovaries can withstand drop to - 8 ⁰.

Cinderella

Unusual taste varieties of berries have a sweet Cinderella sour taste and delicate flavor reminiscent of the smell of strawberries.

The variety has early maturity, shrub begins to bear fruit heavily in the second year of life. Collect fruit occurs in the second half of June.

Bakcharsky giant

The name speaks for itself: one of the most large-fruited varieties of honeysuckle, one berry is up to 2.3 t. and a length of 5 cm. The flesh is very juicy and tender, sweet sour taste.

The bush has a massive form, which reaches up to 2 m. Tall, branching is not strong. Less varieties - berries very quickly crumble.

blue spindle

Ultra-ripe variety - ripening takes place in the first half of June in central Russia and the Northern regions, in the south harvesting is carried out in May.

Berries sour taste, but when there is insufficient irrigation acquire the characteristic bitterness.

The variety has a significant drawback - a fully ripened berries fall off very quickly, so there is a guaranteed yield loss of up to 20%.