Honeyberry, I’m Home!
Haskaps, or Honeyberry, or Edible Honeysuckle (lonicera caerulea) is part of the honeysuckle family (and not all honeysuckles are edible) that produces fruit very similar to blueberries. It’s cold hardy as hell (some are hardy all the way to zone 2!) and unlike blueberries, tolerate a wide range of soil types.
They do need another variety to cross pollinate with as even the self-fertile ones (like one of mine) will bear very minimal amounts of fruit. It can grow in sun and shade (but obviously produces the sweetest berries in sun) and is best used as a shrub under fruit trees (for those who are as into permaculture as I am.) The two I have flank a dwaf 20th century pear tree.
I can’t remember which cultivars I have since I got them at discount at a nursery that had thrown them to the side from last year’s unsold stock. They were rootbound (where the roots are so tightly packed in the pot) so I trimmed away some and got them into the ground. One of them didn’t seem like it was going to survive, but a true testament to their hardy nature, with a bit of coaxing, it has begun to thrive.
They are supposedly very productive and can be used in every way a blueberry can, so I’m looking forward to years of berries (which are quite good, if the single one I nabbed off the bush this year is any indication.)