🫐 Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea
Shrub
☀️ Sun
Full sun to partial shade
💧 Water
Moderate; tolerates wide moisture range
🗺️ Zones
2–8
📏 Spacing
4–6 ft (individual); 3 ft (hedge)
📐 Height
3–8 ft
🧪 Soil pH
6.5–7.0
⏱️ Maturity
2–3 years to first fruit
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (8)
Good companion — Honeyberry and Strawberry grow well together.
Good companion — Honeyberry and Comfrey grow well together.
🤝 Clover
Good companion — Honeyberry and Clover grow well together.
Good companion — Honeyberry and Garlic grow well together.
Good companion — Honeyberry and Chives grow well together.
Good companion — Honeyberry and Elderberry grow well together.
Good companion — Honeyberry and Serviceberry grow well together.
🤝 Another Honeyberry variety
Good companion — Honeyberry and Another Honeyberry variety grow well together.
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Competing tall plants that shade out
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
⚠️ Waterlogged soil
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
📝 Growing Notes
Honeyberries are among the most cold-hardy fruiting shrubs available, thriving in zones 2–4 where few fruits grow reliably. They bloom very early in spring — before cherries — and require cross-pollination from a second unrelated variety. Strawberries and comfrey are excellent low-growing companions in honeyberry beds.