Yezberry® Maxie™ Japanese Haskap (Lonicera caerulea)
⚠️The information on this page is for reference only. This variety is no longer available from Proven Winners®.
Try a delicious fruit that you won't find at the grocery store! Yezberry® Maxie Japanese haskap is a truly tasty berry that just about anyone can grow. Yellow flowers appear in very early spring (it will almost certainly be the first thing to bloom in your landscape each year) and develop into luscious blue berries in early summer. No spraying or fussy pruning is required to get a harvest of fruit so tasty, you'll want to eat it as fast as you can pluck them from the stems. This exceptionally hardy shrub grows well in sun or part shade and doesn't need any special soil in order to thrive. Plant Yezberry Maxie haskap within 50'/15.2 m of another Yezberry® variety to ensure an abundant fruit set. Top reasons to grow Yezberry® Maxie Japanese haskap: Delicious, juicy berries taste like a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry. Easy to grow. Plant two different varieties for best results - both plants will bear fruit.
