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Lonicera caerulea 'Blue Lightning®'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Cultivation

Early ripening, large fruited blue honeysuckle. Origin: N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, Far East Experiment Station, Vladivostok, Russia, by N.M. Bochkarnikova and A. Sabitov. Best F1 selection of L. caerulea var. edulis collected from Dalnegorskii Region of the Primorsky Territory; introd. in 2000. Tree: Fruit: early ripening but uneven, medium size, 1.0 g; ascorbic acid content 49 to 79 mg/100 g; 6.0 to 6.8% SS. Plant floppy branch growth; medium yielding, 2.4 g/bush; grows to about 1.5 m tall.
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Germination duration (days) 180
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Synonyms

Lonicera caerulea 'Blue Lightning®' Lonicera caerulea 'Zarnitsa'
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