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honey berry (edible honeysuckle) shade tolerance
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Posted by gardenmama-123 5b (My Page) on Mon, Dec 8, 08 at 19:17
| Hi. I live in Michigan and am trying to convert my double sized town lot into an edible landscape. The north side of my white house has about 4 feeet before ending at a utilities service alley paved with white gravel. On the other side of the alley is another white house. I'm thinking of planting honey berry shrubs in that spot along the house.While that side of the house gets a good amount of reflected light it only gets a max of about 4 hours, split between early morning and late afternoon, of direct light. The plant catalog says honet berry 'even fruits in the shade' but convienantly doesn't say how much shade. Anybody have any ideas? |
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RE: honey berry (edible honeysuckle) shade tolerance
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| Well, I can't tell you specifically, because mine are in full sun. But, other honeysuckles (Lonicera), such as the Tartarian honeysuckle which takes over all of the roadsides and woodlands, thrives in limited sun. I suspect that the honeyberry would be the same. It's described as being a forest dweller in it's native habitat. Black raspberries would do ok in the type of situation you describe, and probably currants and gooseberries as well. |
RE: honey berry (edible honeysuckle) shade tolerance
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| Thanks for the info and suggestions. Sun and part sun are so easy to find, but mostly shade is sometimes like beating your head against the wall. I'll try a couple honeyberry then on one end and a couple gooseberry on the other and see which work out better, maybe. |
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