We have a couple of honeysuckles here on our property and they are a great attractor for
bees as they bloom so early and stay so late.
The Honeysuckle vine is generally considered to be a non
fruit producing vine but upon research there are some varieties that the fruit is edible and pallatible. Our honeysuckles all produce a red berry and I assume the birds eat them as they do not persist thru the winter.
So the Hapsak berry plant and the honeysuckle are very close and in the same family. This year I am increasing my Hapsak plants by introducing a couple of different varieties. I plant to put them all around the
honey suncles and see what happens.
I am positive the hapsaks will cross pollinate but I would be interested to know if the honeysuckles will too. It
should show up in the berries.
Has anyone had any
experience in this?
We see it all the time in melons, cantaloupe and pumpkins...