Sugar Mountain Balalaika honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Sugar Mountain Balalaika'
USDA zones3 to 6
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size5 to 6 feet tall5 to 6 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sugar Mountain Balalaika' honeyberry (Lonicera caerulea 'Sugar Mountain Balalaika') is a shrub for hedges, food gardens, and low maintenance plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Deer tend to pass it by. It grows about 59 to 71 inches tall and wide. Fragrant flowers open in spring and again in summer, and birds visit the plant.
Pairs well with Red elderberry, Shrub rose, Carlton daffodil, and Sedge.