Honeyberries ?

[Odsox]

Anybody growing Honeyberries ?
I keep looking at them in my catalogue but they are a little expensive to just "try" something to see what they're like.
The description sounds good, but then it would if you're trying to sell them wouldn't they ?
So, has anyone here either growing them or even just eaten some, and if so, are they all they're cracked up to be ?

[frozenthunderbolt]

never even heard of them. got a scientific name? If i were and evil PR bod, that sounds like what i would describe white mulberries as to entice people to buy them ;-)

[Millymollymandy]

I had to google and it's a species of honeysuckle with odd shaped berries. Sorry can't help you Tony - I know what you mean about strange fruit in catalogues/on TV that you can't buy in the shops to see if you like them first. Maybe they will become the new in thing like Goji berries (whatever they may taste like!).

[Odsox]

never even heard of them. got a scientific name? If i were and evil PR bod, that sounds like what i would describe white mulberries as to entice people to buy them ;-)

The details are here Jed.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonicera_caerulea
The thing that attracts me to them, apart from the name as I love honey, is that up this end of the world they fruit in May.

[frozenthunderbolt]

Sounds neat - Only worry would be how rampant is it - thinking of conventional honeysuckle is it comparable i wonder :-)

[Millymollymandy]

You need to google it and look at images Jed, it looks more like a shrub than a climber I was interested to see what the flower was like but there's barely a mention/photo and they look a bit insignificant - shame as I thought if you could have a lovely looking and smelling shrub which also had edible berries then it would be worth it. If it's going to be insignificant like say a currant then unless the berries are something special then prob not worth it!

At least this week I have learned about two completely new variteies of Lonicera that I'd never heard of before (the ID photo I posted as well as this one).